The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Հատոր 33A. Constable, 1820 |
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... given with great spirit and effect ; and the mix- ture of romantic incident and situation , with the tone of actual bu- siness and the real transactions of a camp , give a life and inte- rest to the warlike part of the story , which ...
... given with great spirit and effect ; and the mix- ture of romantic incident and situation , with the tone of actual bu- siness and the real transactions of a camp , give a life and inte- rest to the warlike part of the story , which ...
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... given an air both of dignity and of reality to his story , by bringing in the personal prowess of Coeur de Lion himself , and other personages of historical fame , to assist in its development.- Though reduced in a great measure to the ...
... given an air both of dignity and of reality to his story , by bringing in the personal prowess of Coeur de Lion himself , and other personages of historical fame , to assist in its development.- Though reduced in a great measure to the ...
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... given , more over , with infinite spirit and likelihood . But there is another day's work of it ; and we fear we must hasten to the end of this gallant exhibition . Our readers , we suppose , or such at least as have any experience of ...
... given , more over , with infinite spirit and likelihood . But there is another day's work of it ; and we fear we must hasten to the end of this gallant exhibition . Our readers , we suppose , or such at least as have any experience of ...
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... given in the very best manner of the author . - " " They sat down , and gazed with great gravity at each other ; each thinking in his heart that he had seldom seen a stronger or more ath- letic figure than was placed opposite to him ...
... given in the very best manner of the author . - " " They sat down , and gazed with great gravity at each other ; each thinking in his heart that he had seldom seen a stronger or more ath- letic figure than was placed opposite to him ...
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... given by the blast of a shrill bugle , and at once answered by a flourish of the Norman trumpets from the battlements , which , mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers ( a species of kettle - drum ) , retorted in notes of ...
... given by the blast of a shrill bugle , and at once answered by a flourish of the Norman trumpets from the battlements , which , mingled with the deep and hollow clang of the nakers ( a species of kettle - drum ) , retorted in notes of ...
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Էջ 69 - In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book? or goes to an American play? or looks at an American picture or statue?
Էջ 68 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Էջ 133 - Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the Bankrupt Laws ; and i This and the two preceding motions were lost by large majorities.
Էջ 16 - Thus exhorted Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very centre of the target. " A Hubert! a Hubert!" shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout! — in the clout! — a Hubert forever!" " Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with...
Էջ 15 - One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely. Of twentyfour arrows shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery. Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious. "Now, Locksley...
Էջ 28 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back!
Էջ 333 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Էջ 27 - A singular novelty,' muttered the knight, ' to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Seest thou who they be that act as leaders ?' 'A knight, clad in sable armour, is the most conspicuous,' said the Jewess; ' he alone is armed from head to heel, and seems to assume the direction of all around him.