Quentin Durward

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Houghton, Mifflin, 1906 - 461 pages
 

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Page 176 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 1 - Look here, upon this picture, and on this, The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. See what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury...
Page 442 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 109 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 40 - The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born cavalier. The Star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er earth and sky; And high and low the influence know — But where is County Guy?
Page 40 - The lark, his lay who thrill' d all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird', and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice high. Sings high-born Cavalier. The star of Love, all stars above, Now reigns o'er...

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