Quentin Durward, Volume 1J.C. Nimmo, 1894 - France |
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Page 51 - 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 — But where is County Guy?
Page 256 - I am as free as Nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 1 - Not a penny. I have been content, sir, you should lay my countenance to pawn : I have grated upon my good friends for three reprieves for you and your coach-fellow, Nym ; or else you had looked through the grate, like a geminy of baboons.
Page 159 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...
Page xix - Tout l'agite, l'inquiète, le ronge ; il a peur de son ombre ; il ne dort ni nuit ni jour ; les Dieux...