The exile. The owl. The German knight. The Florentine kinsmen. The carrier's wife. The two faithful lovers of Sicily. The Venetan countess. A tale of the harem. The chestnut tree. The fair maid of Ludgate. The three brothersWilliam H. Ainsworth, 1827 - 1827 |
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Thomas Hood. cited him , with an extraordinary eagerness , to take up arms against the common enemy . It is notorious that the Germans , though phlegmatic , are a romantic people in their notions ; the tales of chivalry , the mysteries ...
Thomas Hood. cited him , with an extraordinary eagerness , to take up arms against the common enemy . It is notorious that the Germans , though phlegmatic , are a romantic people in their notions ; the tales of chivalry , the mysteries ...
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... arms and bloodshed ; as if , forsooth , he had been going only to tilt with a blunted lance at a holiday tournament , instead of the deadly broil with the French in which he was engaged . With her own hand she em- broidered for him a ...
... arms and bloodshed ; as if , forsooth , he had been going only to tilt with a blunted lance at a holiday tournament , instead of the deadly broil with the French in which he was engaged . With her own hand she em- broidered for him a ...
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... arms , till at last the incensed Paladin beckoned him a pace or two apart , and after a short but angry conference , returned with his face at a white heat to his mistress , and informed her of the event . " Now this adventure , " said ...
... arms , till at last the incensed Paladin beckoned him a pace or two apart , and after a short but angry conference , returned with his face at a white heat to his mistress , and informed her of the event . " Now this adventure , " said ...
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... arms in a church . As soon as the cocks began to crow , which he heard with as much pleasure as St. Peter , he put on his arms , and set forth whilst the morn- ing was yet at a grey light . There is no chill so deathlike and subtle , as ...
... arms in a church . As soon as the cocks began to crow , which he heard with as much pleasure as St. Peter , he put on his arms , and set forth whilst the morn- ing was yet at a grey light . There is no chill so deathlike and subtle , as ...
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... arms , and coming gently into the foreground , Lodowic discerned that it was the Adjutant , in a suit of complete armour . At this sight , he was very much puzzled whether to take it as a new affront or as an apology , that the other ...
... arms , and coming gently into the foreground , Lodowic discerned that it was the Adjutant , in a suit of complete armour . At this sight , he was very much puzzled whether to take it as a new affront or as an apology , that the other ...
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