The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Band 21810 |
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... appearance ; but that he had heard sounds , for which he was not yet fully able to account ; and had there- fore resolved to continue the watch till he should be able to discover whether the chamber was or not really haunted - a ...
... appearance ; but that he had heard sounds , for which he was not yet fully able to account ; and had there- fore resolved to continue the watch till he should be able to discover whether the chamber was or not really haunted - a ...
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Eleanor Sleath. circumstance which led him , he said , to expect the appearance of the ghost , whose approach they seemed to portend , and whose presence he determined to await the next night in the chamber . The Baroness , whose most ...
Eleanor Sleath. circumstance which led him , he said , to expect the appearance of the ghost , whose approach they seemed to portend , and whose presence he determined to await the next night in the chamber . The Baroness , whose most ...
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... appearance . " The clock , however , sounded one , and nothing was heard ; and the Earl , wearied , as he conceived , by the tedious stories of the legend , and overcome by a drowsi- ness which he had long tried to resist , sunk into a ...
... appearance . " The clock , however , sounded one , and nothing was heard ; and the Earl , wearied , as he conceived , by the tedious stories of the legend , and overcome by a drowsi- ness which he had long tried to resist , sunk into a ...
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... appearance , which , standing almost over him , had greatly the advantage in resisting an ! assault , and appeared , moreover , by the : dim gleam of the almost expiring lamp and dying embers , a very formidable , because a most ...
... appearance , which , standing almost over him , had greatly the advantage in resisting an ! assault , and appeared , moreover , by the : dim gleam of the almost expiring lamp and dying embers , a very formidable , because a most ...
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... hope of discovering the secret reasons . of this extraordinary appearance , deter- mined him , and he followed the wonder-- ful invitation . The The spectre seeing him advance , ap- proached one of THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL . 17.
... hope of discovering the secret reasons . of this extraordinary appearance , deter- mined him , and he followed the wonder-- ful invitation . The The spectre seeing him advance , ap- proached one of THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL . 17.
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adventure alarmed apartment apparition appeared armour arms arras astrology attainder attend awful Baron and Baroness Baron Fitzwalter behold beloved burial vault castle chamber CHAP chapel conceal Conjuror courage cried Peter cried the Baroness dare dead death desired discover door Earl of Ormond Earl Ormond Earl's Edgar enquiries entered Ethelind exclaimed extraordinary Father Osborne fear Fitzwalter friar Gertrude ghost hand happiness hast thou hath haunted heard heart Heaven hither holy honour hope horrors hour impostor knight Lady Ladyship's lamp Lord magician marriage ment minstrel Motley mourn mysterious nald ness never night's watch noble pannel pardon phantom present received repose seemed seneschal shew Sicilian Sir Regi Sir Reginald Harc solemn soon sorrow sounds spectre spirit steps steward Straits of Messina stranger sumed supernatural tears terror thee thou hast thought tion trembling tremely vault wainscot walls Winifred wish
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Seite 113 - From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 113 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 50 - A palmer's amice wrapped him round, With a wrought Spanish baldric bound, Like a pilgrim from beyond the sea: His left hand held his Book of Might, A silver cross was in his right; The lamp was placed beside his knee.
Seite 135 - To man below, beneath the heav'n ; It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted die ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead deaiie it doth not die.