The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The MonasterySamuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington and Hopkins, 1821 - 285 pages |
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... lady ; and to this ground of regret we must add , that their union had produced no children to occupy the attention of the Lady of Avenel , while she was thus deprived of her husband's domestic society . On such occasions she lived ...
... lady ; and to this ground of regret we must add , that their union had produced no children to occupy the attention of the Lady of Avenel , while she was thus deprived of her husband's domestic society . On such occasions she lived ...
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... lady's fond expectation had calculated upon in her own mind was long since passed , and hope delayed began to make the heart sick . It was upon the evening of a sultry summer's day , when the sun was half sunk behind the distant western ...
... lady's fond expectation had calculated upon in her own mind was long since passed , and hope delayed began to make the heart sick . It was upon the evening of a sultry summer's day , when the sun was half sunk behind the distant western ...
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... Lady of Avenel . ' Why are none of these prattlers mine ! ' she continued , pursuing the tenor of her melancholy reflections . ' Their parents can scarce find them in the coarsest food - and I , who could nurse them in plenty , I am ...
... Lady of Avenel . ' Why are none of these prattlers mine ! ' she continued , pursuing the tenor of her melancholy reflections . ' Their parents can scarce find them in the coarsest food - and I , who could nurse them in plenty , I am ...
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... Lady of Avenel , attended by one or two of her maidens , eagerly waiting to administer assistance to the sufferer . He was borne into the castle , deposited upon a bed , and every mode of recovery resorted to , which the knowledge of ...
... Lady of Avenel , attended by one or two of her maidens , eagerly waiting to administer assistance to the sufferer . He was borne into the castle , deposited upon a bed , and every mode of recovery resorted to , which the knowledge of ...
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... Lady , addressing Warden ; the animal is not only so good - natured to all , but so particularly fond of children . What can ail him at the little fellow whose life he has saved ? ' Dogs , ' replied the preacher , are but too like the ...
... Lady , addressing Warden ; the animal is not only so good - natured to all , but so particularly fond of children . What can ail him at the little fellow whose life he has saved ? ' Dogs , ' replied the preacher , are but too like the ...
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The Abbot: Being the Sequel to the Monastery (Classic Reprint) Walter Scott No preview available - 2018 |
The Abbot: Being the Sequel to the Monastery. in Two Volumes, Volume 2 Sir Walter Scott No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 102 - Unbonneting at the same time, he fixed his eager gaze on the Queen's approach, •with a mixture of respectful curiosity , and modest yet ardent admiration , which suited so well with his fine features , that the warders, struck •with his rich attire and noble countenance, suffered him to approach the ground over which the Queen was to pass , somewhat closer than was permitted to ordinary spectators.
Page 104 - It is no longer mine," said Walter; "when Your Majesty's foot touched it, it became a fit mantle for a prince, but far too rich a one for its former owner.
Page 103 - 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 103 - ... by two or three ladies and the 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 the 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...
Page 101 - It was even so. The royal barge, manned with the Queen's watermen, richly attired in the regal liveries, and having the banner of England displayed, did indeed lie at the great stairs which ascended from the river, and along with it two or three other boats for transporting such part of her retinue as were not in immediate attendance on the royal person.
Page 188 - ... of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the castle by a path hitherto untrodden, instead of the usual entrance to the northward, over which he had erected a gate-house or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent, and superior in architecture, to the baronial castle of many a northern chief.
Page 102 - The night had been rainy, and just where the young gentleman stood, a small quantity of mud interrupted the Queen's passage. As she hesitated to pass on, the gallant, throwing his cloak from his shoulders, laid it on the miry spot, so as to insure her stepping over it dry-shod.
Page 103 - Go to the wardrobe keeper, and he shall have orders to supply the suit which you have cast away in our service. Thou shalt have a suit, and that of the newest cut, I promise thee, on the word of a princess.
Page 188 - The external wall of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the castle by a path hitherto untrodden, instead of the usual entrance to the northward, over which he had erected...
Page 188 - We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valour won, all is now desolate.