The Novels and Romances of Anna Eliza Bray ..., Volume 5Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845 |
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Alcanzor Algarva Allah Alonso answered Arias Coello arms Aza Anzurez Azevedo Beatrice of Castile blood bold brother Cassim Castilian castle Castro cause chamber Christian church Cintra Coimbra command counsel countenance cried danger dare dark death deep Don Diego Don John Don Manuel Don Pedro Don Sanchez earth enemy exclaimed faith father favour fear feelings followed fortress give Hamet hand Hassan head hear heard heart heaven holy honour hope hour infidel king lady lance light lips looked Manuel de Castro marriage master mercy mind Moor Moorish mother mountain never night noble passed passion pilgrim Portugal Prince Ferdinand prince of Portugal Prior prisoner purpose queen rock royal Santa Clara secret seemed shewed sorrow soul speak spirit spoke stood sword Talba taxman thee thou art thou hast thou wilt thought trust truth unhappy voice whilst Wing woman words Ximena yonder youth
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Página 171 - ... glittered in the skies. The Talba, ere he slept, opened the casement in his turret, and dwelt with the eye of science and of art, for such he deemed his own peculiar studies, on the heavenly bodies. What he there fancied he read in them on this memorable night to us would seem incomprehensible, but to his enthusiastic mind it appeared replete with interest and wonder. He made notes of his observations in the parchments which he always carried about his person; and ere he closed the casement,...
Página 314 - I will do this," said Hassan : " I know not by what means Prince Ferdinand came into the hands of our people ; but if Moors still hold him, I will speedily find out his retreat. They will yield him up to me on the least word of my command. It was my purpose to have sought out the Christian prince, in the hope, by restoring him, to save Hamet; but the speedy doom thou hadst passed on the noble sharif allowed no time for such a search : I could but offer myself as his ransom. Now will I use my best...
Página 355 - THE inconstancy of the human mind has ever been a theme of moral speculation with the philosopher, yet no remedy has been known to fix the wavering thoughts of man, to control the restless nature of his passions, save that which is found in religion. No other principle is permanent, no other...
Página 16 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Página 296 - COWARDS in ill, like cowards in the field,. Are sure to be defeated. To strike home, In both, is prudence : Guilt, begun, must fly To guilt consummate, to be safe. Enter PERICLES.
Página 310 - Alonso, who though sensible to pity and every gentler feeling of a Christian, still possessed that attribute of a warrior king, a high estimation of the great and the heroic even in an enemy when no sudden burst of passion obscured his judgment or prejudiced his feelings, was struck with that admiration which becomes involuntary praise, when he said in a voice full of energy, " Can such generosity of spirit live in the bosom of a Moor ? Talba, thou art the most deadly foe I have encountered in war,...
Página 41 - Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world : now could I drink hot blood, And do such bitter business as the day Would quake to look on.
Página 310 - Hamet is spared, and the Talba " " Dies," said the stranger, as he cast back the mantle in which he was shrouded. " Alonso, strike ! The Talba will not raise a hand to resist thee ; not more sacred is the law of the prophet to him than the word that is spoken by his lips. Strike, 0 king ! My breast I bare to meet thy steel, and Hamet lives ! " " Art thou the Talba ? " said Alonso, as he started back, and surveyed with wonder, not less than admiration, the enthusiastic and devoted expression of the...