Once Upon a Time, Volume 1John Murray, 1854 - Great Britain |
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... halls have become ruinous farm - buildings , and whose moat is a miry pond . The weary travellers look up briskly when they see the great tower standing out in sharp relief in the twilight , rising high over the hill behind its turrets ...
... halls have become ruinous farm - buildings , and whose moat is a miry pond . The weary travellers look up briskly when they see the great tower standing out in sharp relief in the twilight , rising high over the hill behind its turrets ...
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... Penny , mus- ter your men in the great hall . " The tramp of heavy shoon proclaims that they are finding their way from the portal across the inner court . The lady now dismounts from her steed ; the porter and 14 ONCE UPON A TIME .
... Penny , mus- ter your men in the great hall . " The tramp of heavy shoon proclaims that they are finding their way from the portal across the inner court . The lady now dismounts from her steed ; the porter and 14 ONCE UPON A TIME .
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... hall , where William Penny and his men , with pike and crossbow stand in serried file in the bright moonlight which gleams through the traceried win- dows . Sir James Gloys follows in amaze , not clearly seeing the resources for supper ...
... hall , where William Penny and his men , with pike and crossbow stand in serried file in the bright moonlight which gleams through the traceried win- dows . Sir James Gloys follows in amaze , not clearly seeing the resources for supper ...
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... Hall , in the bright summer season , when the gold flagons , and chargers , and standing cups , and salt - cellars , glistened in the sunny rays that came into that spacious room , through the windows rich with heraldic crimson and ...
... Hall , in the bright summer season , when the gold flagons , and chargers , and standing cups , and salt - cellars , glistened in the sunny rays that came into that spacious room , through the windows rich with heraldic crimson and ...
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Charles Knight. in hall or chamber , in chapel or kitchen . The plate was gone , the tapestry was gone ; the feather- beds and the pillows had given place to hard straw- mattresses ; the kitchen could boast only a caul- dron , a frying ...
Charles Knight. in hall or chamber , in chapel or kitchen . The plate was gone , the tapestry was gone ; the feather- beds and the pillows had given place to hard straw- mattresses ; the kitchen could boast only a caul- dron , a frying ...
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Page 206 - Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Page 250 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.
Page 246 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar Amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his Altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 238 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry, Such sights as youthful Poets dream On Summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 174 - From his cradle, He was a scholar, and a ripe, and good one; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer.
Page 120 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 263 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east. Still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
Page 188 - Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch. Whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her hand.
Page 248 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air? He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise.
Page 238 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.