Rookwood [by W.H. Ainsworth]. Revised. By W.H. Ainsworth |
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... appearance , -a fault , which I have endeavoured to remedy in subsequent editions . But , having imagined the outline of a grim , Bluebeard - like legend ( the hero of which was to play the part of a Henry the Eighth in private life ) ...
... appearance , -a fault , which I have endeavoured to remedy in subsequent editions . But , having imagined the outline of a grim , Bluebeard - like legend ( the hero of which was to play the part of a Henry the Eighth in private life ) ...
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... appearance of the work , ) to find them tolerably accurate . The pains of authorship are great ; but its pleasures , when they occur , are greater . And among the latter , I may instance the composition of this " Ride to York . " It is ...
... appearance of the work , ) to find them tolerably accurate . The pains of authorship are great ; but its pleasures , when they occur , are greater . And among the latter , I may instance the composition of this " Ride to York . " It is ...
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... The Breretons of Brereton , in Cheshire , were warned by the appearance of stocks of trees , floating , like the swollen bodies of long - drowned men , upon the surface of a sombre lake ( called Blackmere THE FOURTH EDITION . XXV.
... The Breretons of Brereton , in Cheshire , were warned by the appearance of stocks of trees , floating , like the swollen bodies of long - drowned men , upon the surface of a sombre lake ( called Blackmere THE FOURTH EDITION . XXV.
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... appearance of a raven ( such being the traditional death - token of the house to which I refer ) , was related to me by a lady , as having happened under her own observa- tion , and under circumstances that rendered the occur- rence ...
... appearance of a raven ( such being the traditional death - token of the house to which I refer ) , was related to me by a lady , as having happened under her own observa- tion , and under circumstances that rendered the occur- rence ...
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... his face thinner towards the bottom , his visage short , pretty upright , and broad about the shoulders . - London Gazette , June 25th , 1737 . Appearances , I own , are here rather against him b 2 THE FOURTH EDITION . XXXV.
... his face thinner towards the bottom , his visage short , pretty upright , and broad about the shoulders . - London Gazette , June 25th , 1737 . Appearances , I own , are here rather against him b 2 THE FOURTH EDITION . XXXV.
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Alan Rookwood amongst answered appearance asked Barbara beauty behold Black Bess blood brother canting crew Carrion Crow Checkley coffin countenance cried Luke curse dark Davenham dead devil Dick Turpin door ears echoed Eleanor Mowbray exclaimed eyes father fear followed gazed gentleman gibbet gipsy glance ground hall hand Handassah hath head hear heard heart highwayman honour horse instant Jack Palmer Jerry knight of Malta Lady Rookwood ladyship laugh look Luke Bradley Luke's Major Mowbray mare mother never night once Paterson patrico Peter Bradley pistol priest Ranulph Rookwood Rapparees REDMOND O'HANLON replied Coates replied Luke replied Ranulph returned road Rook rushed scarcely sexton shouted silence Sir Luke Rookwood Sir Piers's Sir Ranulph Sir Reginald smile song soul steed stood stream Sybil tell thee thing thou thought Titus Toft Tom King tone tree Tyrconnel vault voice whisper word Zoroaster
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第 150 頁 - have a snap at you, at all hazards," cried Coates, springing suddenly towards him. " And I at you," said Turpin, discharging his pistol right in the face of the rash attorney — " there's a quittance in full." BOOK III. THE GIPSY. Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear, From my hour
第 350 頁 - CAWOOD FERRY. The sight renewed my courser's feet, A moment, staggering feebly fleet, A moment, with a faint low neigh, He answered, and then fell. With gasps and glazing eyes he lay, And reeking limbs immoveable,— His first, and last career
第 324 頁 - Dauphin. I will not change my horse with any that treads but on four pasterns. Ca, ha! He bounds from the earth, as if his entrails were hairs;
第 324 頁 - the earth sings when he touches it: the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.
第 233 頁 - Well, go thy ways, old Nick Machiavel, there will never be the peer of thee for wholesome policy and good counsel: thou took'st pains to chalk men out the dark paths and hidden plots of murther and deceit, and no man has the grace to follow
第 117 頁 - that a stone with a hole in it hung at the bed's head will prevent the Night-Mare ; and is therefore called a hag-stone " The belief in this charm still lingers in some districts, and maintains, like the
第 323 頁 - on right and left, how fast, Each forest, grove, and bower; On right and left, fled past, how fast, Each city, town, and tower. CHAPTER XXXIX. BLACK
第 324 頁 - cheval volant, the Pegasus qui a les narines defeu ! When I bestride him I soar. I am a hawk : the earth sings when he touches it: the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.
第 305 頁 - prompt to charge or caress, Now is she not beautiful ? — bonny Black Bess ! V. Over highway and byeway, in rough and smooth weather, Some thousands of miles have we journeyed together; Our couch the same straw, and our meal the same mess, No couple more constant than I and Black Bess!
第 84 頁 - husband Now he owes nature nothing. Man. And look upon this creature as his wife. Is dead. Vit. Cor. Oh, he's a happy husband ! She comes not like a widow — she comes armed With scorn and impudence. Is this a mourning habit