The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... Rebecca , and tended and half cured by her me- dical skill , when she and her father are again obliged to travel , and agree to carry their valiant patient along with them . This party accidentally falls in with that of Cedric in the ...
... Rebecca , and tended and half cured by her me- dical skill , when she and her father are again obliged to travel , and agree to carry their valiant patient along with them . This party accidentally falls in with that of Cedric in the ...
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... . It is impossible for us to enter into each of these compartments ; and we prefer that which exhibits the wooing of the lovely Rebecca . We have . hitherto said too little of this delightful personage ; 1820 . SL Ivanhoe .
... . It is impossible for us to enter into each of these compartments ; and we prefer that which exhibits the wooing of the lovely Rebecca . We have . hitherto said too little of this delightful personage ; 1820 . SL Ivanhoe .
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... Rebecca is the god dess of the work before us . We know so little , indeed , what a Jewish damsel really was in the days of Richard the Ist , that - the author may be allowed to have had some scope for his in- ventions ; and certainly a ...
... Rebecca is the god dess of the work before us . We know so little , indeed , what a Jewish damsel really was in the days of Richard the Ist , that - the author may be allowed to have had some scope for his in- ventions ; and certainly a ...
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... Rebecca ; I have hitherto spoke mildly to thee , but now my language shall be that of a conqueror . Thou art the captive of my bow and spear - subject to my will by the laws of all nations ; nor will I abate an inch of my right , or ...
... Rebecca ; I have hitherto spoke mildly to thee , but now my language shall be that of a conqueror . Thou art the captive of my bow and spear - subject to my will by the laws of all nations ; nor will I abate an inch of my right , or ...
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... Rebecca ; " thou hast taught me better how to estimate the virtues of thine Order . The next Preceptory would grant thee absolution for an oath , the keeping of which con- cerned nought but the honour or the dishonour of a miserable ...
... Rebecca ; " thou hast taught me better how to estimate the virtues of thine Order . The next Preceptory would grant thee absolution for an oath , the keeping of which con- cerned nought but the honour or the dishonour of a miserable ...
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Page 69 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
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Page 133 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Page 16 - Thus exhorted Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with...
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Page 28 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back!
Page 333 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 27 - A singular novelty,' muttered the knight, ' to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ?' 'A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said the Jewess; ' he alone is armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all around him.