Rufus, Or, The Red King. A Romance, Volume 2Saunders & Otley, 1838 |
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... and with ex- tended arms , to the full stretch of his chain ; but the cold masonry of the dungeon alone en- countered his grasp ! Again , and yet again , with the energy of desperation , he traversed its gloomy 64 RUFUS .
... and with ex- tended arms , to the full stretch of his chain ; but the cold masonry of the dungeon alone en- countered his grasp ! Again , and yet again , with the energy of desperation , he traversed its gloomy 64 RUFUS .
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... arms , in whose bellicose presence that humbler official hid his diminished head , as the blinking taper which he bore " paled its ineffectual beams " in the glare of the torches carried by those intruders upon his department . As the ...
... arms , in whose bellicose presence that humbler official hid his diminished head , as the blinking taper which he bore " paled its ineffectual beams " in the glare of the torches carried by those intruders upon his department . As the ...
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... arms ! was thy loving kinsman ! this wrong upon the doer ? this slaughter into day from out the blackest shadows of deep hell ? What ! have these crim- son mouths no voice ? no cry ? or shall they fes- ter dumb and unavenged in the tomb ...
... arms ! was thy loving kinsman ! this wrong upon the doer ? this slaughter into day from out the blackest shadows of deep hell ? What ! have these crim- son mouths no voice ? no cry ? or shall they fes- ter dumb and unavenged in the tomb ...
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... arm , said in low tones , " Let him not hang for that — I have choice of these trinkets , and , it may be , have put the wrong one into your Grace's hand . Tush , my Liege , I will exchange with ye , anon , De Mow- bray's signet for De ...
... arm , said in low tones , " Let him not hang for that — I have choice of these trinkets , and , it may be , have put the wrong one into your Grace's hand . Tush , my Liege , I will exchange with ye , anon , De Mow- bray's signet for De ...
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... arms and hands , and other indications both of the power and the will to resist , bespoke him plainly " no babe to struggle with . " All eyes were immediately upon him , with the right gladiator feeling of an English mob , keenly ...
... arms and hands , and other indications both of the power and the will to resist , bespoke him plainly " no babe to struggle with . " All eyes were immediately upon him , with the right gladiator feeling of an English mob , keenly ...
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Abbess Albemarle Alberic du Coci Aldery answered Baron behold betwixt bezant blood Broken Lance champion charger Coeur d'Acier Constance de Mowbray courser cried dark dost thou Dwarf of Carilbyne Earl Earl of Chester earth evil exclaimed fair fierce finger Flambard flung forest gallant gambeson gentle glade glance goodly grace grasp hand hast thou hath hauberk heart Heaven Hildebrand Hugh Lupus Hugh of Cluni Jodesac Justiciary King King's knightly Lady lance Liege lips look Lord Luke's face Marshal Matilda methinks Minstrel Monarch mond Montgomery Mowbray's noble Norman Nunna Mynstre once oxgangs Puckfist Ranulph Raymond Reginald de Lacy replied Robert de Mowbray royal Rufus saddle Saxon scorn shaveling Sir Alberic Sir Ilbert spirit Squire steed steel swear thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt Torfin towers trust Tunbridge villain voice Waleric Waleric's weeping Dwarf Weregild Winchester word yonder youth
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Página 1 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Página 73 - It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
Página 16 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause...
Página 1 - She was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Página 16 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Página 97 - Sejanus' clients : there be two, Know more than honest counsels ; whose close breasts, Were they ripped up to light, it would be found A poor and idle sin, to which their trunks Had not been made fit organs. \These can lie, Flatter, and swear, forswear, deprave, inform, Smile, and betray ; make guilty men ; then beg The. forfeit lives, to get their livings ; cut Men's throats with whisperings...
Página 157 - As ever they myne were. To witness that this is sooth, I bite the white wax with my tooth, Before Jugg, Marode, and Margery, And my third son Henry, For one bow and one broad arrow, When I come to hunt upon Yarrow.
Página 94 - Yet well thy soul hath brook'd the turning tide With that untaught innate philosophy, Which, be it wisdom, coldness, or deep pride, Is gall and wormwood to an enemy. When the whole host of hatred stood hard by, To watch and mock thee shrinking, thou hast smiled With a sedate and all-enduring eye ; — When Fortune fled her spoil'd and favourite child, He stood unbowed beneath the ills upon him piled.
Página 240 - I gallop to the host." And to the fray he rode amain, Followed by all the archer train ; The fiery youth, with desperate charge, Made for a space, an opening large, — The rescued banner rose, — But darkly closed the war around ; Like pine-tree rooted from the ground, It sunk among the foes.
Página 219 - I have heard of a nobleman that has been drunk with a tinker, and of a magnifico that has plaid at blow-point.