Rufus, Or, The Red King. A Romance, Volume 2Saunders & Otley, 1838 |
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... murder ! Nor thou , De Miles of Hereford ! nor thou , nor thou , nor thou ! " turning to each of his remaining ... murdered man ? the sad- eyed , sober - browed De Aldery . What make ye of him ? " " " Faith , neither shaft nor bolt ...
... murder ! Nor thou , De Miles of Hereford ! nor thou , nor thou , nor thou ! " turning to each of his remaining ... murdered man ? the sad- eyed , sober - browed De Aldery . What make ye of him ? " " " Faith , neither shaft nor bolt ...
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... murder ; and , if the prime object could be attained , the fate of the latter , however un- deserved , would lie with a gentle weight upon the tough consciences of his accusers . Under other circumstances , even decided proof of the ...
... murder ; and , if the prime object could be attained , the fate of the latter , however un- deserved , would lie with a gentle weight upon the tough consciences of his accusers . Under other circumstances , even decided proof of the ...
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... murder of De Waleric ; and then , in the bitterness of his soul , he could not refrain from imprecating , aloud , a malediction upon the Saxon assassins , as the primary causes of his distress . The words were scarcely uttered , when a ...
... murder of De Waleric ; and then , in the bitterness of his soul , he could not refrain from imprecating , aloud , a malediction upon the Saxon assassins , as the primary causes of his distress . The words were scarcely uttered , when a ...
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... with the aid of fiends ! which- ever thou art , begone ! thou temptest me in * Weregild . The Saxon term for " the price of the head , " that is , the head of one murdered . vain ! were every demon that thou or thine hast RUFUS . 63.
... with the aid of fiends ! which- ever thou art , begone ! thou temptest me in * Weregild . The Saxon term for " the price of the head , " that is , the head of one murdered . vain ! were every demon that thou or thine hast RUFUS . 63.
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... murdered clay uncoffined only to thrust it in mine eyes , and say , ' Got wot , I cannot tell who did it ! ' --- Thou art not such a driveller , or , by the light of hea- ven ! the blood of your dishonoured race is colder in thy living ...
... murdered clay uncoffined only to thrust it in mine eyes , and say , ' Got wot , I cannot tell who did it ! ' --- Thou art not such a driveller , or , by the light of hea- ven ! the blood of your dishonoured race is colder in thy living ...
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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.