Waverly Novels, Band 23Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
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Abbot of Abingdon Amy Robsart answered Varney Anthony Foster apartment aught bear Berkshire better betwixt Black Bear Blount called cloak countenance Countess courtier Cumnor Dame Deptford devil Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Earl's Elizabeth eyes fair fair lady farrier father favour favourite fear Flibbertigibbet follow gentleman Giles Gosling gold grace guest Hall hand hastily hath heard heart hither honour horse host Hostler Janet knave lady Lady Paget look Lord of Leicester Lord of Sussex lord's madam Master Tressilian Master Varney Michael Lambourne Mike Mumblazen never night noble person pleasure poor present Queen Raleigh replied Lambourne replied Tressilian replied Varney Richard Varney Say's Court secret seemed shew silian Sir Hugh Robsart Sludge speak sword tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought thyself Tony Tony Foster warrant Wayland Smith word worshipful yonder young
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Seite 306 - That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not,) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon; And the imperial vot'ress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Seite 249 - ... her stepping over it dry-shod. Elizabeth looked at the young man, who accompanied this act of devoted courtesy with a profound reverence, and a blush that overspread his whole countenance. The queen was confused, and blushed in her turn, nodded her head, hastily passed on, and embarked in her barge without saying a word. "Come along, sir coxcomb," said Blount; "your gay cloak will need the brush to-day, I wot.
Seite 12 - No lark more blithe, no flower more gay ; And like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. " If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful Earl, it well was prized...
Seite 12 - I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the...
Seite 256 - And here," she added, giving him a jewel of gold, in the form of a chess-man, " I give thee this to wear at the collar.
Seite 11 - is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity? " No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy once beloved bride to see ; But be she alive, or be she dead, I fear, stern Earl, 's the same to thee.
Seite 14 - The oaks were shatter'd on the green ; Woe was the hour — for never more That hapless countess e'er was seen. And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall.
Seite 256 - I have been so fortunate as to do some service there, madam," replied Raleigh; "scarce, however, of consequence sufficient to reach your Grace's ears.
Seite 89 - He again paced the room in silence, stopped, filled and drank a cup of wine, as if to compose the agitation of his mind ; and muttering, " Now for a close heart, and an open and unruffled brow,
Seite 250 - The young cavalier was, in the meanwhile, guided to the water-side by the pensioner, who shewed him considerable respect ; a circumstance which, to persons in his situation, may be considered as an augury of no small consequence. He ushered him into one of the wherries which lay ready to attend the queen's barge, which was already proceeding up the river...