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Página lxvii
... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
... hast thus vowed , I will not break thy vow , but when these seven years be expired , thou shalt have the king of Hungary to thy husband . Then the emperor sent forth his letters to the king of Hungary , praying him if it might please ...
Página xciv
... hast suffered much woe : nevertheless , if thou be worthy to be his wife , soon shall I prove . And when he had thus said , he caused three vessels to be brought forth the first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious stones ...
... hast suffered much woe : nevertheless , if thou be worthy to be his wife , soon shall I prove . And when he had thus said , he caused three vessels to be brought forth the first was made of pure gold , well beset with precious stones ...
Página xcvi
... hast well chosen or no . And when this young lady had opened it , she found it full of fine gold and precious stones , as the emperor had told her before . Then said the emperor , daughter , because thou hast well chosen , thou shalt ...
... hast well chosen or no . And when this young lady had opened it , she found it full of fine gold and precious stones , as the emperor had told her before . Then said the emperor , daughter , because thou hast well chosen , thou shalt ...
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... hast provided thee of some remedy there . fore . " Then was Fulgentius right glad , and sware to him that he would do by his counsel . " Not long after it befell that this young man Ful- gentius served his lord as he was wont to do ...
... hast provided thee of some remedy there . fore . " Then was Fulgentius right glad , and sware to him that he would do by his counsel . " Not long after it befell that this young man Ful- gentius served his lord as he was wont to do ...
Página cx
... hast said , that we should take him and cast him into the furnace : But before thee , came the steward , and therefore on him have we fulfilled the emperor's commandment , now he is burnt to the bare bones . " When Fulgentius heard this ...
... hast said , that we should take him and cast him into the furnace : But before thee , came the steward , and therefore on him have we fulfilled the emperor's commandment , now he is burnt to the bare bones . " When Fulgentius heard this ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abibas Alexis angel anon answered APPLICATION beautiful beloved bird blood book of Tobit brother Cæsar called castle Christ Christian church command daugh daughter dear death devil Douce emperor empire empress espoused Eufemyen exclaimed eyes fable fair lady faith father fell flesh fool Fulgentius gave gentius GESTA ROMANORUM golden GOLDEN LEGEND hand hath heard heart heaven Holy Land honour husband Jovinian king kingdom knight lady lived lord marry master mercy messengers noble NOTE observed palace peace Pompey poor pray Prince quoth received reign replied returned rich Roman romantic fiction Rome SAINT sayd seneschal servant Seven Wise Masters shew soldier soul steward story TALE tell thee ther thing thou art thou hast thou shalt tion took tree truth unto Valerius Maximus Vincent of Beauvais Virgin Warton wherefore wife wise woman wyfe youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 380 - That generous actions meet a base reward. " While thus they pass, the sun his glory shrouds, The changing skies hang out their sable clouds j A sound in air presag'd approaching rain, And beasts to covert scud across the plain. Warn'd by the signs, the wand'ring pair retreat, To seek for shelter at a neighb'ring seat.
Página 375 - Here we discover those features of chivalry, so admirably ridiculed by Cervantes. But, in times of oppression, when every one followed " the simple plan, That he may take who has the power, And he may keep who can...
Página 356 - The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed: It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 383 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light.
Página 382 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 147 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more ; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Página 385 - Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind. Conscious of wanting worth, he views the bowl, And feels compassion touch his grateful soul. Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Página 71 - Come unto me all ye that labour, and I will give you rest.
Página 379 - As one who spies a serpent in his way, Glistening and basking in the summer ray, Disorder'd stops to shun the danger near, Then walks with...
Página 381 - Twas there a vice, and seem'da madness here : Detesting that, and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh : The soil improv'd around, the mansion neat, And neither poorly low, nor idly great : It seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind, Content, and not for praise, but virtue kind.