The talismanE. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, Collins & Company, E. Bliss and E. White, and W.B. Gilley. J. & J. Harper, printers, 1825 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 71
Página 22
... Lady , Saracen , if thou darest name in the same breath , the camel - driver of Mecca with- " " An electrical shock of passion thrilled through the form of the Emir ; but it was only momentary , and the calmness of his reply had both ...
... Lady , Saracen , if thou darest name in the same breath , the camel - driver of Mecca with- " " An electrical shock of passion thrilled through the form of the Emir ; but it was only momentary , and the calmness of his reply had both ...
Página 51
... lady of his love ! But that she should be here - in the savage and sequestered desert - among vestals , who rendered them- selves habitants of deserts and of caverns , that they might per- form in secret those Christian rites which they ...
... lady of his love ! But that she should be here - in the savage and sequestered desert - among vestals , who rendered them- selves habitants of deserts and of caverns , that they might per- form in secret those Christian rites which they ...
Página 52
... lady of his love were to him those of a superior being , who was to move without watch or control , rejoice him by ... lady's voice , though he had often beheld her beauty with rapture . She moved in a cir- cle , which his rank of ...
... lady of his love were to him those of a superior being , who was to move without watch or control , rejoice him by ... lady's voice , though he had often beheld her beauty with rapture . She moved in a cir- cle , which his rank of ...
Página 53
... lady saw and heard enough to encourage her in a partiality , which had at first crept on her unawares . If a knight's personal beauty was praised , even the most prudish dames of the military court of England would make an excep- tion ...
... lady saw and heard enough to encourage her in a partiality , which had at first crept on her unawares . If a knight's personal beauty was praised , even the most prudish dames of the military court of England would make an excep- tion ...
Página 54
... lady - love ? By what train of observation - by what secret signs , looks , or gestures - by what instinctive free ... lady's notice , varied 54.
... lady - love ? By what train of observation - by what secret signs , looks , or gestures - by what instinctive free ... lady's notice , varied 54.
Términos y frases comunes
anchorite answered Arab Archbishop of Tyre arms attendants Austria baron battle Berengaria betwixt Blondel blood brave camp chapel chivalry Christendom Christian combat command Conrade couch crusaders desert Duke of Austria dwarf Edith Plantagenet Emir Engaddi exclaimed eyes fair faith fear Gilsland grace Grand Master Hakim hand hath head heard Heaven hermit holy honour horse hound infidel King of England King Richard kinswoman Lady Edith lance Leopard liege Lion look manner marabout Marquis of Montserrat methinks monarch Nectabanus Neville noble Nubian Palestine pavilion person physician poniard present princes Prophet Queen rank rendered replied Richard of England Richard Plantagenet royal sage Saint Saint George Saladin Saracen Scot Scottish knight seemed Sir Kenneth slave Soldan soldier speak stood sword Templar tent thee thine Thomas de Vaux thou art thou hast thou wilt thyself tion tone turban voice warriors western warrior words yonder
Pasajes populares
Página 58 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Página 134 - Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Página 3 - THE burning sun of Syria had not yet attained its highest point in the horizon, when a knight of the Red-cross, who had left his distant northern home, and joined the host of the crusaders in Palestine, was pacing slowly along the sandy deserts which lie in the vicinity of the Dead Sea, or, as it is called, the Lake Asphaltites, where the waves of the Jordan pour themselves into an inland sea, from which there is no discharge of waters.
Página 5 - An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting. The flat top of his cumbrous cylindrical helmet was unadorned with any crest. In retaining their own unwieldy defensive...
Página 6 - In the desert," saith an Eastern proverb, " no man meets a friend." The Crusader was totally indifferent whether the infidel, who now approached on his gallant barb as if borne on the wings of an eagle, came as friend or foe ; perhaps, as a vowed champion of the Cross, he might rather have preferred the latter. He disengaged his lance from...
Página 93 - ... companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. He forgets neither friend nor foe, remembers, and with accuracy, both benefit and injury. He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood. You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation ; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor : he is the friend of man, save when 'man justly incurs his enmity.
Página 7 - His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his head. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should put his horse to the gallop to encounter him.