The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat TylerSmith, Elder and Company, 1833 - 369 páginas |
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... vassals . - The court - yards were thronged with the retain- ers of the Baron , beguiling the hour until the ceremony called them into the hall . This apart- ment , which corresponded in magnificence and beauty with the outward ...
... vassals . - The court - yards were thronged with the retain- ers of the Baron , beguiling the hour until the ceremony called them into the hall . This apart- ment , which corresponded in magnificence and beauty with the outward ...
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... vassals who held lands for watching and warding the castle . These were con- sidered superior to the other vassals from the pe- culiar nature of their tenure , as the life - guards , as it were , of their lord . Then those who held ...
... vassals who held lands for watching and warding the castle . These were con- sidered superior to the other vassals from the pe- culiar nature of their tenure , as the life - guards , as it were , of their lord . Then those who held ...
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... vassal advance . ” The vassals who were to perform homage then prepared to go through the customary form ; and an old grey - headed man advanced first from the group to do fealty , and , standing before the baron , pronounced after him ...
... vassal advance . ” The vassals who were to perform homage then prepared to go through the customary form ; and an old grey - headed man advanced first from the group to do fealty , and , standing before the baron , pronounced after him ...
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... vassals were retiring from the hall , the Lord de Boteler turned to the gentleman near him - - " Sir Robert , " said he , " you saw that vassal who first did homage ? to that base - born churl I owe my life . I had engaged hand to hand ...
... vassals were retiring from the hall , the Lord de Boteler turned to the gentleman near him - - " Sir Robert , " said he , " you saw that vassal who first did homage ? to that base - born churl I owe my life . I had engaged hand to hand ...
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... freedom , and also had consented that I should wed her , and yet , you see what regard he has paid to your will ! " " Yes , this is the gratitude of these base - born vassals ; but , Calverley , what priest presumed to THE BONDMAN . 27.
... freedom , and also had consented that I should wed her , and yet , you see what regard he has paid to your will ! " " Yes , this is the gratitude of these base - born vassals ; but , Calverley , what priest presumed to THE BONDMAN . 27.
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The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat Tyler (Classic Reprint) Mrs. O'Neill Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat Tyler (Classic Reprint) Mrs. O'neill Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
Términos y frases comunes
66 My lord abbey abbot answer arms asked baron baroness Black Jack bondman Boteler's Calverley's cheek child command cottage countenance dark door Edith Holgrave entered esquire eyes father John feelings galleyman gaze glance gold grave green wax Hailes Abbey hall hand head heard heart Holgrave's hour instant instantly interrupted Isabella Jack Straw John Ball John Byles John Kirkby John Oakley king knave lady London looked Lord de Boteler Lucy Margaret Mary Byles Master Calverley merchet monk morning mother never night noble Oakley passed paused prison replied Holgrave returned Richard Roland de Boteler royal rushed shout Simon Sudbury Sir Robert Knowles Skipwith smile smith speak spirit step Stephen Holgrave steward stood strange stranger Sudbury Sudley Castle tell thing Thomas Calverley Tom Merritt tone Tower tumbrel turned vassals villein voice Wat Turner Wat Tyler wife Winchcombe woman writ yeoman
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Página 6 - I become your man from this day forward [of life and limb, and of earthly worship,] and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king ; and then the lord, so sitting, shall kiss him.
Página 64 - Edith's words, when she had given her the phial, " that there was enough there to kill," suddenly occurred to her — and then, too, came, with a dreadful distinctness, the remembrance of the true directions which Edith had given. " Oh, I have murdered the child !" exclaimed Mary, in the dreadful excitement of the moment. " What will become of me ? what shall I do? I shall surely be hung. Oh ! oh !" she continued, covering her face with her hands, to shut out the sight of the gasping infant. At this...
Página 7 - when he shall do fealty to his lord, shall hold his right hand over the book, and shall say : Hear you, my lord, that I from this day forth unto you shall be true and faithful, and shall owe you fealty for the land which I hold of you in villeinage; and that no evil or damage will I see concerning you, but I will defend and warn you to my power. So help me God and all his saints.
Página 7 - ... group to do fealty, and, standing before the baron, pronounced after him the following oath, holding his right hand on the gospels : — " I, John Hartwell, will be to you, my Lord" Roland de Boteler, true and faithful, and bear to you fealty and faith for the lands and tenements which I hold of you ; and I will truly do and perform the customs and services that I ought to do to you, so help me God...
Página 313 - The Baroness of Sudley," replied Father John, " does not know the poor Cistercian monk. Were the bolts withdrawn, and that door left swinging upon its hinges, I would not leave my prison until the voice of the people bade me come forth. And know ye not, lady, that with what measure ye mete to others, the same shall be meted to you again. Did ye deal out mercy to Edith Holgrave ? Did ye deal mercifully by Stephen, when ye gave him bondage as a reward for true faith — and then stripes and a prison...
Página 1 - of subjects' castles the most handsome habitation, and of subjects' habitations the strongest castle," continued in the possession of the crown till the accession of Edward VI., when it was bestowed, as we have seen, upon Lord Seymour. Large sums were expended by the Admiral upon its enlargement and improvement, and, while heightening its beauty, he contrived, at the same time, materially to increase...