The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Band 21810 |
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... lamp placed over the chimney dif- fused a cheerful light throughout the chamber , exhibiting the figures upon the arras , as well as of the carvings of the old black wainscot , which covered one . part of the room . At some distance ...
... lamp placed over the chimney dif- fused a cheerful light throughout the chamber , exhibiting the figures upon the arras , as well as of the carvings of the old black wainscot , which covered one . part of the room . At some distance ...
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... lamp that will barn till morning , and a few cakes , all of which Dame Winifred ,. humbly begging your Lordship's pardon , sends to you . " Well , Peter , thank Dame Winifred for her careful attention , and here is some- thing for thy ...
... lamp that will barn till morning , and a few cakes , all of which Dame Winifred ,. humbly begging your Lordship's pardon , sends to you . " Well , Peter , thank Dame Winifred for her careful attention , and here is some- thing for thy ...
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... lamp and dying embers , a very formidable , because a most gigantic object . Yet he viewed rather with surprise than horror this extraordinary nocturnal visitant . A moment made him thoroughly collected ;. and mindful of the purpose of ...
... lamp and dying embers , a very formidable , because a most gigantic object . Yet he viewed rather with surprise than horror this extraordinary nocturnal visitant . A moment made him thoroughly collected ;. and mindful of the purpose of ...
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... lamp only , and fol- low me . As he spoke , the figure , gently beckon- ing , moved slowly toward the extreme part of the wainscot , next the arras , and not toward the door , which seemed won- derful to the Earl ; nor could he conjec ...
... lamp only , and fol- low me . As he spoke , the figure , gently beckon- ing , moved slowly toward the extreme part of the wainscot , next the arras , and not toward the door , which seemed won- derful to the Earl ; nor could he conjec ...
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... lamp . The distance at which they were now arrived from the inhabited part of the castle the deep solitude of these vaults -the circumstance of his being alone with his supernatural guide , in the dead of night - the uncertainty ...
... lamp . The distance at which they were now arrived from the inhabited part of the castle the deep solitude of these vaults -the circumstance of his being alone with his supernatural guide , in the dead of night - the uncertainty ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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.