The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, with a life of the author, Volume 9 |
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... chivalry . The stranger started at this discourse . He turned his eyes on the surgeon with a fixed regard ; his countenance changed ; a torrent of tears gushed down his cheeks ; his head sunk upon his bosom ; he heaved a profound sigh ...
... chivalry . The stranger started at this discourse . He turned his eyes on the surgeon with a fixed regard ; his countenance changed ; a torrent of tears gushed down his cheeks ; his head sunk upon his bosom ; he heaved a profound sigh ...
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... chivalry ! " After another flourish of the trumpets , all four clapped spurs to their horses , sir Launcelot couching his lance , and galloped to and fro , as if they had been mad , to the terror and aston- ishment of all the spectators ...
... chivalry ! " After another flourish of the trumpets , all four clapped spurs to their horses , sir Launcelot couching his lance , and galloped to and fro , as if they had been mad , to the terror and aston- ishment of all the spectators ...
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... chivalry absolutely required that he should be left in the dark alone , and , fasting , to spend the night in pious meditations ; but if he had any fears which disturbed his conscience , he had much better desist , and give up all ...
... chivalry absolutely required that he should be left in the dark alone , and , fasting , to spend the night in pious meditations ; but if he had any fears which disturbed his conscience , he had much better desist , and give up all ...
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... , whose empire he should submis- sively acknowledge . " He said , this was the very essence of chivalry ; and no man had ever made such a profession of arms , without first having placed his SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES . 63.
... , whose empire he should submis- sively acknowledge . " He said , this was the very essence of chivalry ; and no man had ever made such a profession of arms , without first having placed his SIR LAUNCELOT GREAVES . 63.
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... chivalry which is the perfection of justice , had unjustly purloined the arms of another knight . That this was a mere mockery of a religious institution , and therefore unpleasing in the sight of heaven , wit- ness the demons and ...
... chivalry which is the perfection of justice , had unjustly purloined the arms of another knight . That this was a mere mockery of a religious institution , and therefore unpleasing in the sight of heaven , wit- ness the demons and ...
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Page 205 - What man dare, I dare: Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble...
Page 205 - The arm'd rhinoceros, or the Hyrcan tiger; Take any shape but that, and my firm nerves Shall never tremble: or be alive again, And dare me to the desert with thy sword ; If trembling I inhabit then, protest me The baby of a girl.
Page 16 - I see and distinguish objects as they are discerned and described by other men. I reason without prejudice, can endure contradiction, and, as the company perceives, even bear impertinent censure without passion or resentment. I quarrel with none but the foes of virtue and decorum, against whom I have declared perpetual war, and them I will everywhere attack as the natural enemies of mankind.
Page 193 - ... size ; and in the meantime insisted that the defendants should find immediate bail, or go to prison, or be set in the stocks. He affirmed that they had been guilty of an affray, in appearing with armour and weapons not usually worn, to the terror of others, which is in itself a breach of the peace ; but that they had, moreover, with force of arms, that is to say, with swords, staves, and other warlike instruments, by turns, made an assault and affray, to the terror and disturbance of him and...
Page 16 - I am neither an affected imitator of Don Quixote, nor, as I trust in Heaven, visited by that spirit of lunacy so admirably displayed in the fictitious character exhibited by the inimitable Cervantes. I have not yet encountered a wind-mill for a giant...
Page 59 - In the name of God, St. Michael, and St. George, I dub thee knight — be faithful, bold, and fortunate.