The outcasts, tr. from the Germ. (of the baroness de la Motte Fouqué) by G. Soane |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 66
Page 4
... servant , who seemed well informed in the busi- ness . " I can assure you , we can tell the pedigree at our fingers ' ends ; since the marriage with the beautiful lady nothing else is talked off in our 4 THE OUTCASTS .
... servant , who seemed well informed in the busi- ness . " I can assure you , we can tell the pedigree at our fingers ' ends ; since the marriage with the beautiful lady nothing else is talked off in our 4 THE OUTCASTS .
Page 6
... tell me , is not the lady in black with the long veil , " " " The widow of the late duke , " interrupted the other , piecing out the sentence ; — “ quite right . By my troth , " he added , " one would take her for the bride ; it would ...
... tell me , is not the lady in black with the long veil , " " " The widow of the late duke , " interrupted the other , piecing out the sentence ; — “ quite right . By my troth , " he added , " one would take her for the bride ; it would ...
Page 27
... Tell me , is it a dream , my finding your door open at the present hour ? Am I to think it was some mocking sylph brought the summons which allured me hither ? Why , Catherine , awake such doubts in my breast , when you gave me better ...
... Tell me , is it a dream , my finding your door open at the present hour ? Am I to think it was some mocking sylph brought the summons which allured me hither ? Why , Catherine , awake such doubts in my breast , when you gave me better ...
Page 28
... tell this arrogant man the cause of my present summons . " " What other cause , " replied the prudent maiden , " but to dismiss you , Sir Richard ? An ex- press desire , it is trusted , you will obey - it is ne- cessary that you should ...
... tell this arrogant man the cause of my present summons . " " What other cause , " replied the prudent maiden , " but to dismiss you , Sir Richard ? An ex- press desire , it is trusted , you will obey - it is ne- cessary that you should ...
Page 45
... tell me what has driven you up from your bed , and surprised me with the favour of this nocturnal visit ? " The Marchioness repeated the last words with a significant smile , adding , " In good truth , widows , like my fair mother ...
... tell me what has driven you up from your bed , and surprised me with the favour of this nocturnal visit ? " The Marchioness repeated the last words with a significant smile , adding , " In good truth , widows , like my fair mother ...
Common terms and phrases
A-Lasco added amongst Antwerp anxious arms asked Bertie Bishop Bishop of Arras Bishop of London breast brow Castle Barbican Catherine chamber child choly colour Count of Toulouse cried danger dark dear death Dendermonde door Dorset doubt Duchess of Suffolk Dudley Duke Elizabeth emotion England Essex exclaimed the Duchess eyes Fagius fancy fate father fear feelings Francisca gentle Gilles Grace grey hand Hastings head heart Heaven horse hour hurried husband Kenning Hall Lady Jane land laugh Launoi lips London look Lord Willoughby Marchioness Mary melan mistress mother mysterious Netherlands never night noble Northumberland pale Partridge Peregrine poor Queen Ralph Ralph Partridge recollection replied Sarah scarcely seemed side silent Sion House Sir Richard smile soul Spain spirit stood strange stranger Suffolk tears tell thing thought tone tridge turned voice Wesel wife wish words young youth
Popular passages
Page 253 - Her heart, replete with this love of literature and serious studies, and with tenderness towards her husband, who was deserving of her affection, had never opened itself to the flattering allurements of ambition ; and the information of her advancement to the throne was by no means agreeable to her. She even refused to accept...
Page 253 - Greek languages, besides modern tongues ; had passed most of her time in an application to learning; and expressed a great indifference for other occupations and amusements, usual with her sex and station. Roger Ascham, tutor to the Lady Elizabeth, having...
Page 284 - And while she dress'd it in her lap Her husband made the infant pap. Anon, the sexton thither came, And finding them there by the fire; The drunken knave, all void of shame, To drive them out was his desire ; And spurning out the noble dame, Her husband's wrath he did inflame.
Page 280 - When God had taken for our sin That prudent Prince King Edward away, Then bloody Bonner did begin His raging malice to bewray ; AH those that did God's word profess He persecuted more or less.
Page 250 - Virgin, whose flesh, being the outward man, was sinfully begotten, and born in sin ; and consequently, he could take none of it : but the Word, by the consent of the inward man of the Virgin, was made flesh n.
Page 284 - With cap and knee they court'sy make, But none of them would pity take. Lo, here a princess of great blood Doth pray a peasant for relief, With tears bedewed as she stood, Yet few or none regard her grief. Her speech they could not understand, But some gave money in her hand. When all in vain her speeches spent, And that they could no house-room get, Into a church-porch...