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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... heard of this frenzy among the warriors of the west , " said the Emir , " and have ever accounted it one of the accom- panying symptoms of that insanity , which brings you hither to obtain possession of an empty sepulchre . But yet ...
... heard of this frenzy among the warriors of the west , " said the Emir , " and have ever accounted it one of the accom- panying symptoms of that insanity , which brings you hither to obtain possession of an empty sepulchre . But yet ...
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... heard that the road is infested with robber - tribes , who regard nothing in comparison of an opportunity of plunder . " The truth has been told to thee , brave Christian , " said the Saracen ; " but I swear to thee , by the turban of ...
... heard that the road is infested with robber - tribes , who regard nothing in comparison of an opportunity of plunder . " The truth has been told to thee , brave Christian , " said the Saracen ; " but I swear to thee , by the turban of ...
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... heard within five hundred miles of Damascus . I will sow with salt the foundations of their village , and there shall never live thing dwell there , even from that time forward . ” " I had rather the trouble which you design for ...
... heard within five hundred miles of Damascus . I will sow with salt the foundations of their village , and there shall never live thing dwell there , even from that time forward . ” " I had rather the trouble which you design for ...
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... heard , no priest ; but were he of that anointed and sacred order , I would prove with my good lance , against paynim and infidel- 99 " Let us not defy each other , brother , " interrupted the Saracen ; we will find , either of us ...
... heard , no priest ; but were he of that anointed and sacred order , I would prove with my good lance , against paynim and infidel- 99 " Let us not defy each other , brother , " interrupted the Saracen ; we will find , either of us ...
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... heard , " answered the Christian , " that your great Soldan claims his blood from the same source ? " 35 " Thanks to the Prophet , that hath so far honoured our moun tains , as to send from their bosom Him whose word is victory ...
... heard , " answered the Christian , " that your great Soldan claims his blood from the same source ? " 35 " Thanks to the Prophet , that hath so far honoured our moun tains , as to send from their bosom Him whose word is victory ...
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.