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... stood , in the year 1200 , about half a mile from the sea- shore , and consisted of a strong keep with several flanking towers , a court - yard and a moat , the whole being encompassed by a massive wall . The green mounds , however ...
... stood , in the year 1200 , about half a mile from the sea- shore , and consisted of a strong keep with several flanking towers , a court - yard and a moat , the whole being encompassed by a massive wall . The green mounds , however ...
Page 40
... stood upon a raised dais at the upper end of the hall : his sister Bertha occupied a seat behind him , whilst on either hand was seated a portly monk , the chaplain of the castle , and the messenger who had been dispatched by King John ...
... stood upon a raised dais at the upper end of the hall : his sister Bertha occupied a seat behind him , whilst on either hand was seated a portly monk , the chaplain of the castle , and the messenger who had been dispatched by King John ...
Page 55
... stood with the instrument in his hand gaz- ing vacantly upon the arras of the apart- ment , winters of memory appeared to pass over his soul . The lady Bertha at length broke the silence . " Your song , " she said , " is simple , fair ...
... stood with the instrument in his hand gaz- ing vacantly upon the arras of the apart- ment , winters of memory appeared to pass over his soul . The lady Bertha at length broke the silence . " Your song , " she said , " is simple , fair ...
Page 59
... stood behind her , and smiled . " Pride was the devil's fault , " he muttered to himself ; " but , methinks , of all the marvellous works of the Deity , there can be nothing more astonishing to the angels than a proud woman . Ahem ...
... stood behind her , and smiled . " Pride was the devil's fault , " he muttered to himself ; " but , methinks , of all the marvellous works of the Deity , there can be nothing more astonishing to the angels than a proud woman . Ahem ...
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... stood between himself and the preferment he sought . The Lord of Folkstone had some slight knowledge of his disposition and character , and therefore trembled for the fate of her he came to seek ; and as the monk turned in surprise , on ...
... stood between himself and the preferment he sought . The Lord of Folkstone had some slight knowledge of his disposition and character , and therefore trembled for the fate of her he came to seek ; and as the monk turned in surprise , on ...
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Page 56 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 144 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 280 - The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.
Page 107 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 154 - . when the last account 'twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done...
Page 61 - Upon the middle of the night, Waking she heard the night-fowl crow: The cock sung out an hour ere light: From the dark fen the oxen's low Came to her: without hope of change, In sleep she seem'd to walk forlorn, Till cold winds woke the gray-eyed morn About the lonely moated grange. She only said, The day is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 250 - Subtle as Sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Page 278 - s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, Moves like a ghost.
Page 80 - Old faces glimmer'd thro' the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, "My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Page 278 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, Stop up th...