Quentin Durward: A Romance, Volume 1R. Wright, 1823 - France |
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answered apartment Archer arms Balafré beauty betwixt boar Bohemian Burgundian called Cardinal Cardinal Balue Castle Charles of Burgundy command companion comrade coun Count of Crevecœur countenance Countess Isabelle court dress Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois duty eyes fair nephew father favour Fleur-de-Lys French gallant guard Hameline hand hath Hautlieu Hayraddin holy honour horse King Louis King of France King's kinsman knights Ladies of Croye lance Liege look Lord Crawford Ludovic Maitre Pierre Majesty manner Marck Marquis Martin of Tours master methinks never noble Oliver Orleans Pasques-dieu perhaps person Petit-André pleasure Plessis present Prince Princess Quen Quentin Durward rank replied royal Saint Saint Martin Scottish seemed shewed Sire smile soldier speak spoke stranger sword tell thee ther thou thought tion tone Tristan Trois-Eschelles turret uncle wine yonder young Durward young Scot youth
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Page 56 - 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 where is County Guy...
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 244 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.