(The Illustrated Waverley novels). |
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Achilles Tatius Acolyte Agelastes Alexius Comnenus Anglo-Dane Anglo-Saxon Anna Comnena appearance armour arms Aspramonte barbarian battle battle-axe beautiful Bertha Blacquernal Bohemond brave Brenhilda Broken Lances Cæsar called canst combat command companion Constantinople Count of Paris Count Robert Countess courage court crusaders danger daughter death desire Douban dungeon duty Emperor empire enemy express eyes fair faithful father favour fear Frank gallant Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Grecian Greek guard hand hath heard heart Heaven Hereward honour husband Immortals Imperial Highness Irene knight lady look manner means methinks nature Nicephorus Briennius noble Normans occasion officer palace passed Patriarch Pattieson person philosopher possessed present Prince Princess Anna purpose rank rendered replied Robert Guiscard Robert of Paris sacred Saxon seemed slave soldier speak stranger supposed Tancred thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne trust Ursel valiant valour Varangian Guard voice wife words Zosimus
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Side 331 - It came flying through the air," says that good knight, " like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination.
Side 6 - We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and important remark, that the disorders of the times were the misfortune and the glory of Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire was accumulated on his reign by the justice of Heaven and the vices of his predecessors.
Side 102 - Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican, with all his northern powers, Besieged Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex, Angelica His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Side 290 - One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
Side 30 - Piracy," says Gibbon, with his usual spirit, " was the exercise, the trade, the glory, and the virtue of the Scandinavian youth. Impatient of a bleak climate and narrow limits, they started from the banquet, grasped their arms, sounded their horn, ascended their ships, and explored every coast that promised either spoil or settlement.