The talismanE. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, Collins & Company, E. Bliss and E. White, and W.B. Gilley. J. & J. Harper, printers, 1825 |
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... command than to obey , and who was in the habit of expressing his sentiments aloud and boldly , wherever he was called upon to announce them . The Saracen Emir formed a marked and striking contrast with the western crusader , His ...
... command than to obey , and who was in the habit of expressing his sentiments aloud and boldly , wherever he was called upon to announce them . The Saracen Emir formed a marked and striking contrast with the western crusader , His ...
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... command five thousand men ; and if I send my bow , ten thousand mounted riders will shake the desert . And with thy fifty followers thou hast come to invade a land , in which I am one of the meanest ! " " Now , by the rood , Saracen ...
... command five thousand men ; and if I send my bow , ten thousand mounted riders will shake the desert . And with thy fifty followers thou hast come to invade a land , in which I am one of the meanest ! " " Now , by the rood , Saracen ...
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... command , while he leaves a part of his narrow islet , in which he was born a sovereign , to the domin- ion of another sceptre than his . Surely , Sir Kenneth , you and the other good men of your country should have submit- ted yourself ...
... command , while he leaves a part of his narrow islet , in which he was born a sovereign , to the domin- ion of another sceptre than his . Surely , Sir Kenneth , you and the other good men of your country should have submit- ted yourself ...
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... command of Omnipo- tence , to do homage to a clod of earth , because it was called Man . Thou mayst have heard of us as cruel , unrelenting , and persecuting . It is false . We are by nature kind and generous ; only vengeful when ...
... command of Omnipo- tence , to do homage to a clod of earth , because it was called Man . Thou mayst have heard of us as cruel , unrelenting , and persecuting . It is false . We are by nature kind and generous ; only vengeful when ...
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... commands . " " Your token ? " demanded the recluse . Sir Kenneth hesitated - former suspicions , and the marks of insanity which the hermit had formerly exhibited , rushed sud- denly on his thoughts ; but how suspect a man whose manners ...
... commands . " " Your token ? " demanded the recluse . Sir Kenneth hesitated - former suspicions , and the marks of insanity which the hermit had formerly exhibited , rushed sud- denly on his thoughts ; but how suspect a man whose manners ...
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
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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.