The amnesty, or, The duke of Alba in Flanders |
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Alonzo Amos Antwerp apartment arms beauty behold Caramba castle CHAPTER Cordelia Count Alcantara daughter death Dolores Don Fernando Don Orlando Donna Drusilla door drona Duchess Duchess of Parma Duke of Alba Egmont Eleonora entered Eunice exclaimed eyes face Farewell father favour fear Filippo flew Florinda followed Fray Antonio friar gazed Ghent Gonzales Grace hand hast head hear heard heart Heaven Herrera holy honour hope hour Huguenots inquired Jungeling ladies leave listen Lodrona look Madrid Margaret of Parma Mattias ment mind Monfore monk Montalvan mother Nassau never night noble pardon paused Peñalverde Petrus Pietro Prince of Orange recollect replied Ruperto scarcely seated secret Señor smile soldier soon soul sound speak stood Straelen strange tell thee thou thought threw to-morrow Toledo tremble turned Vargas Viglius whilst wife woman words Ximena young youth
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Page 135 - I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
Page 142 - From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 68 - Sometime, we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapour, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendant rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air: thou hast seen these signs; They are black vesper's pageants.
Page 136 - Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 257 - And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down...
Page 92 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Page 182 - Unmix' d with drops of bitter, which neglect Or temper sheds into thy crystal cup. Thou art the nurse of virtue. In thine arms She smiles, appearing, as in truth she is, Heaven-born, and destined to the skies again.
Page 74 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart.
Page 29 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Page 33 - And with a sudden rush of passion through the blood, he seemed to hold her once more in his arms, he felt the warmth of her cheek on his; all her fresh and fragrant youth was present to him, the love in her voice, and in her proud eyes. He turned away, threw himself into a chair, and buried his face in his hands. Sir James looked down upon him. Instead of sympathy, there was a positive lightening in the elder man's face — a gleam of satisfaction. "Cheer up, old fellow!