Castle DangerousEstes and Lauriat, 1894 - 306 pages |
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abbot ancient ANDREW LANG appeared archer arms Augusta de Berkely Augustine Aymer de Valence Bride Bruce called Castle Dangerous Castle of Douglas chivalry church command Dangerous Castle degree Douglas Castle Douglas Dale Drawn and Etched duty Earl England English knight eyes Fabian faithful father favour fear garrison give governor hand hath Hazelside heard Heaven honour horse House of Douglas John de Walton King Knight of Valence Lady Augusta Lady of Berkely looked Lord Lord of Douglas Margaret de Hautlieu matter methinks Michael Turnbull mycht noble Pembroke person possessed present respect Scotland Scottish seemed sexton Sir Aymer Sir James Sir James Douglas Sir John Sir Knight Sir Minstrel Sister Ursula soldiers supposed suspicion sword tell thai thaim thee thine Thomas Dickson Thomas the Rhymer thou hast thought tion trust Turnbull word worship young knight youth
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Page 68 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 68 - They parted — ne'er to meet again ! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder A dreary sea now flows between ; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 32 - While many a merry tale, and many a song, Cheer'd the rough road, we wish'd the rough road long. The rough road then, returning in a round, Mock'd our impatient steps, for all was fairy ground.
Page 6 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Page 124 - It is better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep." The streets, or rather the lanes, were dark, but for a shifting gleam of moonlight, which, as that planet began to rise, was now and then visible upon some steep and narrow gable. No sound of domestic industry or domestic festivity was heard, and no ray of candle or firelight glanced from the windows of the houses ; the ancient ordinance called the curfew, which the Conqueror had introduced into England, was at this time in full force in such...