The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last Additions and Illustrations, Volume 3Conner & Cooke, 1833 - English literature |
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... supposed inaccessible to direct personal motives ; and the purse of the wealthy was too often believed to be thrown into the scale to weigh down the cause of the poor litigant . The subordinate offi- cers of the law affected little ...
... supposed inaccessible to direct personal motives ; and the purse of the wealthy was too often believed to be thrown into the scale to weigh down the cause of the poor litigant . The subordinate offi- cers of the law affected little ...
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... supposed timidity , when a bull , stimulated either The Lord Keeper , who observed the animal's de- meanour , was aware that he was about to become mischievous , and , drawing his daughter's arm under his own , began to walk fast along ...
... supposed timidity , when a bull , stimulated either The Lord Keeper , who observed the animal's de- meanour , was aware that he was about to become mischievous , and , drawing his daughter's arm under his own , began to walk fast along ...
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... supposed losses ; - " a description of a dinner , " as he said afterwards to Mysie , " that wad hae made a fu ' man hungry , and them to sit there laughing at it ! " " His honour kens , " said Caleb , who , however hopeless of himself ...
... supposed losses ; - " a description of a dinner , " as he said afterwards to Mysie , " that wad hae made a fu ' man hungry , and them to sit there laughing at it ! " " His honour kens , " said Caleb , who , however hopeless of himself ...
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... supposed himself in the extremity of peril from which he was thus unexpectedly relieved , was that of our excellent friend Caleb , when he found the pursuer intended to * Taking up his abode . ascribed to the beauty and simplicity of ...
... supposed himself in the extremity of peril from which he was thus unexpectedly relieved , was that of our excellent friend Caleb , when he found the pursuer intended to * Taking up his abode . ascribed to the beauty and simplicity of ...
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... supposed the injured person , supplicating her father for forgiveness , was a change at once sur- prising , flattering , and affecting , Dry your eyes , Lucy , " said her father ; " why should you weep , because your father , though a ...
... supposed the injured person , supplicating her father for forgiveness , was a change at once sur- prising , flattering , and affecting , Dry your eyes , Lucy , " said her father ; " why should you weep , because your father , though a ...
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Page 89 - The Templar has destroyed the plank on which they crossed - few of the defenders escaped with him into the castle the shrieks and cries which you hear tell the fate of the others - Alas! I see it is still more difficult to look upon victory than upon battle/
Page 47 - So saying, he again bent his bow, but on the present occasion looked with attention to his weapon, and changed the string, which he thought was no longer truly round, having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence. The archer vindicated their opinion of his skill : his arrow split the willow rod against which it was aimed. A jubilee of acclamations followed ; and even Prince John, in admiration...
Page 47 - I will do my best, as Hubert says," answered Locksley; " no man can do more." So saying, he again bent his bow, but on the present occasion looked with attention to his weapon, and changed the string, which he thought was no longer truly round, having been a little frayed by the two former shots. He then took his aim with some deliberation, and the multitude awaited the event in breathless silence. The archer vindicated their opinion of his skill : his arrow split the willow rod against which it...
Page 89 - John of Acre," said Ivanhoe, raising himself joyfully on his couch, "methought there was but one man in England that might do such a deed!" "The postern gate shakes," continued Rebecca; "it crashes - it is splintered by his blows - they rush in - the outwork is won - Oh, God!
Page 33 - At length, as the Saracenic music of the challengers concluded one of those long and high flourishes with which they had broken the silence of the lists, it was answered by a solitary trumpet, which breathed a note of defiance from the northern extremity. All eyes were turned to see the new champion which these sounds announced, and no sooner were the barriers opened than he paced into the lists.
Page 89 - They have - they have!" exclaimed Rebecca - "and they press the besieged hard upon the outer wall; some plant ladders, some swarm like bees, and endeavour to ascend upon the shoulders of each other - down go stones, beams, and trunks of trees upon their heads, and as fast as they bear the wounded to the rear, fresh men supply their places in the assault - Great God! hast thou given men thine own image, that it should be thus cruelly defaced by the hands of their brethren!" "Think not of that," said...
Page 47 - Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb. He began to peel this with great composure, observing at the same time that to ask a good woodsman to shoot at a target so broad as had hitherto been used was to put shame upon his skill. 'For his own part...
Page 88 - And I must lie here like a bedridden monk," exclaimed Ivanhoe, " while the game that gives me freedom or death is played out by the hand of others ! — Look from the window once again, kind maiden, but beware that you • are not marked by the archers beneath — Look out once more, and tell me if they yet advance to the storm.
Page 28 - The form of the enclosure was an oblong square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen riding abreast. At each of these portals were stationed two heralds, attended by six trumpets, as many pursuivants, and a strong body of men-at-arms for maintaining...
Page 89 - Front-de-Boeuf heads the defenders; I see his gigantic form above the press. They throng again to the breach, and the pass is disputed hand to hand, and man to man. God of Jacob! it is the meeting of two fierce tides— the conflict of two oceans moved by adverse winds!