Tales of the Crusaders: The talismanArchibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company London., 1825 - 368 páginas |
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... pleasure , " said the physi- cian , " it were sinful pride should the sage , whom he has enlightened , refuse to prolong existence , or assuage agony . To the sage , the cure of a mi- serable groom , of a poor dog , and of a conquering ...
... pleasure , " said the physi- cian , " it were sinful pride should the sage , whom he has enlightened , refuse to prolong existence , or assuage agony . To the sage , the cure of a mi- serable groom , of a poor dog , and of a conquering ...
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... pleasure to give or refuse me time for Christian shrift - if man denies it , may God grant me the absolution which I would otherwise ask of his Church . But whether I die on the instant , or half an hour hence , I equally beseech your ...
... pleasure to give or refuse me time for Christian shrift - if man denies it , may God grant me the absolution which I would otherwise ask of his Church . But whether I die on the instant , or half an hour hence , I equally beseech your ...
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... pleasure that you die undegraded - without muti- lation of your body , or shame to your arms - and that your head be severed from the trunk by the sword of the executioner . " " It is kind , " said the knight , in a low and rather ...
... pleasure that you die undegraded - without muti- lation of your body , or shame to your arms - and that your head be severed from the trunk by the sword of the executioner . " " It is kind , " said the knight , in a low and rather ...
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... pleasure , " he said , at length , " that you have speech with a holy man , and I have met on the passage hither ... pleasure that you prepare for instant death . ” " God's pleasure and the King's be done , ” TALES OF THE CRUSADERS . 35.
... pleasure , " he said , at length , " that you have speech with a holy man , and I have met on the passage hither ... pleasure that you prepare for instant death . ” " God's pleasure and the King's be done , ” TALES OF THE CRUSADERS . 35.
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Walter Scott. " God's pleasure and the King's be done , ” re- plied the knight , patiently . " I neither contest the justice of the sentence , nor desire delay of the execution . " De Vaux began to leave the tent , but very slowly ...
Walter Scott. " God's pleasure and the King's be done , ” re- plied the knight , patiently . " I neither contest the justice of the sentence , nor desire delay of the execution . " De Vaux began to leave the tent , but very slowly ...
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Página 235 - ... 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 157 - 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 305 - seen this brand flaming in the front of battle, like that of Azrael, I had scarce believed that human arm could wield it. Might I request to see the Melech Ric strike one blow with it in peace, and in pure trial of strength ?
Página 39 - though the rough-footed knaves be our enemies in Cumberland, in Palestine one almost considers them as brethren.