Quentin Durward

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Ginn, 1906 - 504 sider
 

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Side 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...
Side 123 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Side 294 - Oh, while this is the case, do not resolve so rashly to abandon the means of liberty, the best gift that Heaven gives...
Side 45 - Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange-flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. 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 —...
Side xxix - Before the Fortunes of Nigel issued from the press, Scott had exchanged instruments, and received his bookseller's bills for no less than four ' works of fiction ' — not one of them otherwise described in the deeds of agreement — to be produced in unbroken succession, each of them to fill at least three volumes, but with proper saving clauses as to increase of copy-money in case any of them should run to four.
Side 198 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Side vii - I showed great reluctance to be caught and put to bed, and being chased about the room, was apprehended and consigned to my dormitory with some difficulty. It was the last time I was to show such personal agility. In the morning, I was discovered to be affected with the fever which often accompanies the cutting of large teeth.
Side 221 - While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
Side 342 - Tis listening fear, and dumb amazement all: When to the startled eye the sudden glance Appears far south, eruptive through the cloud; And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice. At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven...

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