Kenilworth;: A Romance, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company; and John Ballantyne, Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company, London., 1821 - 351 pages |
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... fair heifer - if the one goes down The dale will be more peaceful , and the herd , Which have small interest in their brulziement , May pasture there in peace . Old Play . SAY'S COURT was watched like a beleaguered fort ; and so high ...
... fair heifer - if the one goes down The dale will be more peaceful , and the herd , Which have small interest in their brulziement , May pasture there in peace . Old Play . SAY'S COURT was watched like a beleaguered fort ; and so high ...
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... green wound - But it is strange as well as sad news . Are none of our fair and merry fellowship to escape shipwreck of fortune and happiness in this sudden tempest ? I had hoped thou wert in harbour , at least , KENILWORTH . 27.
... green wound - But it is strange as well as sad news . Are none of our fair and merry fellowship to escape shipwreck of fortune and happiness in this sudden tempest ? I had hoped thou wert in harbour , at least , KENILWORTH . 27.
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... fair , " replied the Earl ; “ and now prepare your drug . " While Wayland obeyed the Earl's commands , his servants , by the artist's direction , undressed their master , and placed him in bed , " I warn you , ” he said , " that the ...
... fair , " replied the Earl ; “ and now prepare your drug . " While Wayland obeyed the Earl's commands , his servants , by the artist's direction , undressed their master , and placed him in bed , " I warn you , ” he said , " that the ...
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... fair daughter . " 99 " I pray thee , Walter , " said another of the company , " cease thy raillery , which suits neither time nor place , and tell us who was at the gate just now . " " Doctor Masters , physician to her Grace in or ...
... fair daughter . " 99 " I pray thee , Walter , " said another of the company , " cease thy raillery , which suits neither time nor place , and tell us who was at the gate just now . " " Doctor Masters , physician to her Grace in or ...
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... fair lady ! " At this moment the gates opened , and ushers began to issue forth in array , preceded and flank- ed by the band of Gentlemen Pensioners . After this , amid a crowd of lords and ladies , yet so dis- posed around her that ...
... fair lady ! " At this moment the gates opened , and ushers began to issue forth in array , preceded and flank- ed by the band of Gentlemen Pensioners . After this , amid a crowd of lords and ladies , yet so dis- posed around her that ...
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Alasco alchemist Amy Robsart answered Varney answered Wayland astrologer attend bear bear-baiting Berkshire betwixt Blount Castle cester cloak command countenance Countess of Leicester courtiers Cumnor daugh Deptford devil door dress Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Earl's Elizabeth eyes fair father favour favourite fear follow Foster gentleman Giles Gosling gold Goldthred grace gracious hand hastily hath heard heart heaven hither honour horse Janet journey Kenilworth knave lady Lady Paget Lambourne Laneham Leicester's look Lord of Leicester Lord of Sussex lord's lordship Madam Master ment mercer Methinks mistress noble Earl once palfrey pass paused pedlar person Philip Sidney pleasure pray present Queen Raleigh replied Varney rival royal Say's Court secret seemed shew smile Sovereign speak stood tell thee thine thou art thou hast thyself tion Tony Foster Tressilian turned walk Walter Wayland Smith word yonder young
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Page 49 - ... nobles of her household. She looked more than once at the wherry in which the young adventurer was seated, spoke to those around her, and seemed to laugh. At length one of the attendants, by t|he Queen's order apparently, made a sign for the wherry to come alongside, and the young man was desired to step from his own skiff into the Queen's barge, which he performed with graceful agility at the fore part of the boat, and was brought aft to the Queen's presence, the wherry at the same time dropping...
Page 217 - ... twas sweet and refreshing to all around her. Her speech did win all affections. And again, she could put forth such alterations, when obedience was lacking, as left no doubting whose daughter she was. When she smiled, it was a pure sunshine, that every one did choose to bask in, if they could; but anon came a storm, from a sudden gathering of clouds, and the thunder fell, in a wondrous manner, on all alike...
Page 132 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 50 - Walter waited patiently until the queen had done, and then modestly assured her that gold was still less in his wish than the raiment her majesty had before offered. "How, boy!
Page 50 - Thou would'st have gold, I warrant me," said the Queen, interrupting him ; " fie, young man .' I take shame to say, that, in our capital, such and so various are the means of thriftless folly, that to give gold to youth is giving fuel to fire, and furnishing them with the means of self-destruction. If I live and reign, these means of unchristian excess shall be abridged. Yet thou may'st be poor...
Page 3 - Cinoper: I know all.— This fellow, captain, Will come, in time, to be a great distiller, And give a say — I will not say directly, But very fair — at the philosopher's stone.
Page 57 - I give thee this to wear at the collar." Ealeigh, to whom nature had taught intuitively, as it were, those courtly arts which many scarce acquire from long experience, knelt, and, as he took from her hand the jewel, kissed the fingers which gave it. He knew...
Page 49 - You have this day spoiled a gay mantle in our service, young man. We thank you for your service, though the manner of offering it was unusual, and something bold." " In a sovereign's need," answered the youth, " it is each liegeman's duty to be bold.
Page 46 - Thus the adventurous youth stood full in Elizabeth's eye, — an eye never indifferent to the admiration which she deservedly excited among her subjects, or to the fair proportions of external form which chanced to distinguish any of her courtiers. Accordingly, she fixed her keen glance on the youth, as she approached the place where he stood, with a look in which surprise at his boldness seemed to be unmingled with resentment, while a trifling accident happened which attracted her attention toward...
Page 48 - So saying, he walked away, followed by Walter, leaving the others behind, Blount's eyes almost starting from his head with the excess of his astonishment. At length he gave vent to it in an exclamation — " Who the good jere would have thought this !" And shaking his head with a mysterious air, he walked to his own boat, embarked, and returned to Deptford.