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answered archer arms astrologer attendants Balafré betwixt bishop Boar of Ardennes Bohemian Burgundian called cardinal Cardinal Balue castle character Charles of Burgundy chivalry Comines command Countess Isabelle court Crèvecoeur D'Hymbercourt danger dress Duke Charles Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Duke's Dunois duty Edited exclaimed eyes father favour fear French Galeotti Glorieux hand hastily hath Hayraddin head Heaven honour horse King Louis King of France King's Ladies of Croye Lady Hameline Liege Liegeois look Lord Crawford Louis of Bourbon Louis XI Louis's Ludovic Maître Pierre Majesty Majesty's Marck Marthon master murder nephew never night noble Oliver Orleans Pavillon Péronne person Petit-André present prince provost-marshal Quentin Durward replied royal Schonwaldt Scot Scott Scottish Guard seemed sire soldier speak sword tell thee thou art thought tone Tristan Tristan l'Hermite Trois-Eschelles trust vassal word yonder young youth ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 195 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 492 - And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far, far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores ; and if his fellow spake, His voice was thin...
Page 498 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Page 1 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
Page 44 - 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...
Page 220 - While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
Page 354 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 450 - The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still still on hope relies, And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise. Hope, like the glimmering ' taper's light, Adorns and cheers the way; And still the darker grows the night Emits a brighter ray.
Page 519 - And marshal me to knavery: Let it work; For 'tis the sport, to have the engineer Hoist with his own petar...
Page 121 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.