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... present occasion , however , after a few observations upon Froissart himself , to deal only with the earlier portion of the period recorded in his chronicle , confining our remarks chiefly to the condition and circumstances of England ...
... present occasion , however , after a few observations upon Froissart himself , to deal only with the earlier portion of the period recorded in his chronicle , confining our remarks chiefly to the condition and circumstances of England ...
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... present age , had he paid more attention to the manners and habits of the lower classes , that circumstance would probably not have augmented its value in the eyes of the noble knights and high - born dames to whom it was presented ...
... present age , had he paid more attention to the manners and habits of the lower classes , that circumstance would probably not have augmented its value in the eyes of the noble knights and high - born dames to whom it was presented ...
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... present to our imagination that singular mixture of valour and rude devotion so favourable to poetry and romance ; they are before us only as they appear upon their tombs , fully armed and accoutred , with one hand D2 upon the sword ...
... present to our imagination that singular mixture of valour and rude devotion so favourable to poetry and romance ; they are before us only as they appear upon their tombs , fully armed and accoutred , with one hand D2 upon the sword ...
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... present at the battle of the Standard , and stirred up the troops by a most effective oration . The Norman Bishop of Beauvais headed a force against Coeur - de- Lion , and was brought prisoner into his presence in complete armour ...
... present at the battle of the Standard , and stirred up the troops by a most effective oration . The Norman Bishop of Beauvais headed a force against Coeur - de- Lion , and was brought prisoner into his presence in complete armour ...
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... present , -between the period of her girlhood and that when the fifth volume closes , viz . , of her marriage at the age of forty - one , and there will be found no diminution ; but , on the contrary , more unmistakeable evidences of ...
... present , -between the period of her girlhood and that when the fifth volume closes , viz . , of her marriage at the age of forty - one , and there will be found no diminution ; but , on the contrary , more unmistakeable evidences of ...
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ancient appears Aquitaine arms army battle beautiful British Cabul Calais called cantonments Captain Captal de Buch character Charles of Blois Charles the Fair chivalry church considerable death dress Duke Earl Edward England English favour feeling feet France French Froissart give grand ground hand head heart honour horses hundred interest John John of Bohemia king knights Knights Templars labour lady land language less living look Lord Lord Liverpool Mabinogion manner ment mind nation native nature never noble notice observed occasion officer party pass passage person Philip Philip of Valois possession present Prince principles probably Queen reader regard remains remarkable respect romance ruins Saxon scene Scotland side specimen spirit stone thing thou tion took traveller truth volume walls Walter Manny whole words
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Seite 122 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Seite 245 - Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse; For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gerfalcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on.
Seite 247 - THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Seite 397 - ... hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people...
Seite 368 - I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Seite 246 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow ; Oft through the forest dark Followed the werewolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders.
Seite 220 - return to him, and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my son is alive. And also say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey be his and the honour thereof, and to them that be about him.
Seite 368 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells...
Seite 375 - I believe you have, the fortitude and constancy of which you have been set the example, you will not consent with folded arms to view the annual growth of this mighty evil. You will not reconcile it to your consciences to hope for relief from diminished taxation.
Seite 246 - Once, as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendour. ;: I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, I Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted.