The Garden of Romance: Romantic Tales of All TimeErnest Rhys Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, Limited, 1897 - 238 páginas |
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... damsel , seeming to be fast asleep , attired in such loose garments as hid very little of her white body ; only from the girdle downward she wore a kirtle made close unto her of interwoven delicate silk , and at her feet lay two other ...
... damsel , seeming to be fast asleep , attired in such loose garments as hid very little of her white body ; only from the girdle downward she wore a kirtle made close unto her of interwoven delicate silk , and at her feet lay two other ...
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... damsel was the very fairest which any living man beheld . Then he began to distinguish her parts , commending the tresses of her hair , which he imagined to be of gold , her forehead , nose , mouth , neck , arms , but , above all , her ...
... damsel was the very fairest which any living man beheld . Then he began to distinguish her parts , commending the tresses of her hair , which he imagined to be of gold , her forehead , nose , mouth , neck , arms , but , above all , her ...
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Romantic Tales of All Time Ernest Rhys. the young damsel , who was named Iphigenia , awaked before any of the others with her , and lifting up her head with her eyes wide open , she saw Cymon standing before her leaning still on his ...
Romantic Tales of All Time Ernest Rhys. the young damsel , who was named Iphigenia , awaked before any of the others with her , and lifting up her head with her eyes wide open , she saw Cymon standing before her leaning still on his ...
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... , there was come a damsel the which was sent on message from the great lady . Lily of Avelion . And when she came before King Arthur , she told from whom she came , and how she was " " sent on message unto him for these causes 47 III.
... , there was come a damsel the which was sent on message from the great lady . Lily of Avelion . And when she came before King Arthur , she told from whom she came , and how she was " " sent on message unto him for these causes 47 III.
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... Damsel , for what cause are ye girt with that " Now shall I tell you , ' sword ? it beseemeth you not . " said the damsel : " this sword that I am girt withal doth me great sorrow and cumbrance , for I may not be deli- vered of this ...
... Damsel , for what cause are ye girt with that " Now shall I tell you , ' sword ? it beseemeth you not . " said the damsel : " this sword that I am girt withal doth me great sorrow and cumbrance , for I may not be deli- vered of this ...
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adventure anon answered Anthony arms Balan Balin barber beauty beheld brother cadi castle chamber Chrysostom clipse Corporal countenance court cried Cymon damsel dead death Dendermond desire dolorous stroke Don Quixote door Eisenach eyes fair father favour fell Fevre fortune gave gentleman give hand hast hath head heard heart heaven Honour horse Iphigenia King Arthur King Lot King Marke King Pellam kinsman knight knight-errant living looked Lord Woodville Lysimachus Major Molineux Marcella master Merlin Molly Morgan le Fay mountain never nightcap Pasimunda passing perceived poor replied Rip Van Winkle Robin rode seemed sermon shave slain slew smote sorrow soul stood story strange street sword tears tell thee therewith thou thought told took tree Trim turned uncle Toby unto Usher village Vivaldo voice words young youth
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Página 161 - Alas! gentlemen," cried Rip, somewhat dismayed, "I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the king, God bless him!" Here a general shout burst from the bystanders — "A tory! a tory! a spy! a refugee! hustle him! away with him!
Página 156 - On waking, he found himself on the green knoll whence he had first seen the old man of the glen. He rubbed his eyes. It was a bright, sunny morning. The birds were hopping and twittering among the bushes, and the eagle was wheeling aloft and breasting the pure mountain breeze. "Surely," thought Rip. "I have not slept here all night.
Página 165 - Rip's daughter took him home to live with her; she had a snug, well-furnished house, and a stout cheery farmer for her husband, whom Rip recollected for one of the urchins that used to climb upon his back. As to Rip's son and heir, who was the ditto of himself, seen leaning against the tree, he was employed to work on the farm; but evinced an hereditary disposition to attend to anything else but his business.
Página 201 - ... with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence, an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy, an excessive nervous agitation. For something of this nature I had indeed been prepared, no less by his letter than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation...
Página 165 - Rip now resumed his old walks and habits; he soon found many of his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time, and preferred making friends among the rising generation, with whom he soon grew into great favor.
Página 159 - It was with some difficulty that he found the way to his own house, which he approached with silent awe, expecting every moment to hear the shrill voice of Dame Van Winkle. He found the house gone to decay — the roof fallen in, the windows shattered, and the doors off the hinges. A half-starved dog that looked like Wolf was skulking about it.
Página 147 - ... about their summits, which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will glow and light up like a crown of glory. At the foot of these fairy mountains...
Página 157 - He now suspected that the grave roysterers of the mountain had put a trick upon him, and, having dosed him with liquor, had robbed him of his gun. Wolf, too, had disappeared, but he might have strayed away after a squirrel or partridge. He whistled after him, and shouted his name, but all in vain; the echoes repeated his whistle and shout, but no dog was to be seen.
Página 167 - Hudson and his crew are at their game of ninepins ; and it is a common wish of all henpecked husbands in the neighbourhood, when life hangs heavy on their hands, that they might have a quieting draught out of Rip Van Winkle's flagon.
Página 203 - I have indeed no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect, — in terror. In this unnerved — in this pitiable condition, I feel that the period will sooner or later arrive when I must abandon life and reason together, in some struggle with the grim phantasm, FEAR.