The Waverley Novels, Том 31A. and C. Black, 1860 |
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... rank , as little to be compared with the elevated though faulty character of Agnes Sorel , as Louis was to his heroic father , who freed France from the threatened yoke of England . In like manner , by selecting his favourites and ...
... rank , as little to be compared with the elevated though faulty character of Agnes Sorel , as Louis was to his heroic father , who freed France from the threatened yoke of England . In like manner , by selecting his favourites and ...
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... rank , was as short and sententious as French politeness permitted - he answered every question , but proposed nothing , and encouraged no farther inquiry . The truth was , that , not very accessible to foreigners of any nation , or ...
... rank , was as short and sententious as French politeness permitted - he answered every question , but proposed nothing , and encouraged no farther inquiry . The truth was , that , not very accessible to foreigners of any nation , or ...
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... ranks of Condé , and shared all the misfortunes and distresses of emigration ) , to claim the acquaintance and protection of his Scottish friends . But , after all , he said , he cared not to pre- sent himself before them in ...
... ranks of Condé , and shared all the misfortunes and distresses of emigration ) , to claim the acquaintance and protection of his Scottish friends . But , after all , he said , he cared not to pre- sent himself before them in ...
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... rank , endeavoured to make the vegetable king- dom correspond to the prevailing taste , and cut his evergreens into verdant walls , with towers and battle- ments , and his detached trees into a resemblance of statuary . But the wheel ...
... rank , endeavoured to make the vegetable king- dom correspond to the prevailing taste , and cut his evergreens into verdant walls , with towers and battle- ments , and his detached trees into a resemblance of statuary . But the wheel ...
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... rank men whom he employed on the most important duties , and knew so well how to choose them , that he was rarely disappointed in their qualities . Yet there were contradictions in the character of this artful and able monarch ; for ...
... rank men whom he employed on the most important duties , and knew so well how to choose them , that he was rarely disappointed in their qualities . Yet there were contradictions in the character of this artful and able monarch ; for ...
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answered Quentin appearance arms Balafré beautiful betwixt boar Bohemian Burgundian called Cardinal Cardinal Balue Castle cavalier character Charles of Burgundy chase command companion comrade countenance Countess Isabelle Court danger dress Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois duty elder eyes fair nephew father favour fleur-de-lys French gallant hand hath Hautlieu Hayraddin honour horse humour King of France King's kinsman knights Ladies of Croye Lady Hameline Lesly Liege look Lord Crawford Louis XI Ludovic Maitre Pierre Majesty Majesty's manner Marck Marquis Martin of Tours master merchant never noble Oliver Orleans Pasques-dieu perhaps person Petit-André Plessis present Prince Princess Provost-Marshal Quentin Durward rank replied royal Saint Saint Quentin Scotland Scottish Guard seemed shewed Sire smile soldier speak spoke stranger supposed sword thee thou thought tone Tristan Trois-Eschelles turret vassal wine XXXI yonder young Durward young Scot youth
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Сторінка 121 - Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange-flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To Beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky, And high and low the influence know — But...
Сторінка 356 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Сторінка 12 - ... sont le lieu où il se renferme ; on ne sait jamais dans laquelle de ces chambres il couche ; et on assure qu'il ne couche jamais deux nuits de suite dans la même, de peur d'y être égorgé.