Ivanhoe: A Romance, Volume 1Estes and Lauriat, 1893 - Great Britain |
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Abbot ancient ANDREW LANG armour arms Ashby Athelstane attendants banquet beauty betwixt Bracy Brian de Bois-Guilbert brother called castle Cedric the Saxon champion character chivalry companion Copmanhurst courtesy Disinherited Knight dogs Drawn and Etched dress Earl England English eyes fair father favour feet forest Friar Friar Tuck Front-de-Boeuf gallant gold grace guest Gurth hall hand hath head hermit honour horse Isaac Isaac the Jew Ivanhoe Jester King Knight Templar Lady Rowena Lalauze lance language lists Locksley look lord manners master ment noble Norman outlaws Palmer person Pilgrim pleasure Prince John Prior Aymer race Rebecca rendered replied Richard Saracens Saxon seemed shield silver Sir Knight spectators squires steed swineherd sword Templar thee thine thou art thou hast tion tournament tribe of Benjamin turned victor voice Waldemar Fitzurse Wamba Waverley Novels wine yeoman zecchins
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Page 199 - Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well; Kemote from man, with God he pass'd
Page 110 - majestic mien, By stature and by beauty mark'd their sovereign Queen And as in beauty she surpass'd the choir, So nobler than the rest was her attire ; A crown of ruddy gold enclosed her brow, Plain without pomp, and rich without a show; A branch of Agnus Castus in her hand She
Page 98 - to exhibit liberality towards those whom the age accounted at once the secretaries and the historians of honour. The bounty of the spectators was acknowledged by the customary shouts of " Love of Ladies — Death of Champions — Honour to the Generous — Glory to the Brave ! " To which the more humble spectators added their acclamations, and a numerous
Page 70 - pretences, as well as upon accusations the most absurd and groundless, their persons and property were exposed to every turn of popular fury ; for Norman, Saxon, Dane, and Briton, however adverse these races were to each other, contended which should look with greatest detestation upon a people, whom it was accounted a point of religion
Page 224 - for his own ; He can roam where he lists, he can stop when he tires, For every man's house is the Barefooted Friar's. 5. He's expected at noon, and no wight till he comes May profane the great chair, or the porridge of plums; For the best of the cheer, and the seat by the fire, Is the
Page lii - of Yorkshire at that early period. The eldest of these men had a stern, savage, and wild aspect. His garment was of the simplest form ^ imaginable, being a close jacket with sleeves, composed of the tanned skin of some animal, on which the hair had been originally left, but which had been worn off in
Page 76 - And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. The smiths and armourers on palfreys ride, Files in their hands, and hammers at their side ; And nails for loosen'd spears, and thongs for shields provide. The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands ; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands. Palamon and
Page 2 - is coming down to this country in person, and we shall soon see how little Cedric's trouble will avail him. — Here, here," he exclaimed again, raising his voice, " So ho ! so ho ! well done, Fangs ! thou hast them all before thee now, and bring'st them on bravely, lad." " Gurth," said the Jester,
Page 164 - the sudden appearance of his banished son, now rushed forward, as if to separate him from Eowena. But this had been already accomplished by the marshals of the field, who, guessing the cause of Ivanhoe's swoon, had hastened to undo his armour, and found that the head of a lance had penetrated his breastplate, and
Page 149 - The heralds left their pricking up and down, Now ringen trumpets loud and clarion. There is no more to say, but east and west, In go the speares sadly in the rest, In goth the sharp spur into the side, There see men who can just and who can ride; There shiver shaftes upon