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<strong>Ivanhoe</strong> of the heather, upon a moor worth a shilling an acre. Rever- The last news which I hear from Edinburgh is, that the end as you write yourself, be revengeful for once, and pray gentleman who fills the situation of Secretary to the Society with me that he may be visited with such a fit of the stone, as if he had all the fragments of poor Robin in that region of his of Antiquaries of Scotland,* is the best amateur draftsman in viscera where the disease holds its seat. Tell this not in Gath, that kingdom, and that much is expected from his skill and lest the Scots rejoice that they have at length found a parallel zeal in delineating those specimens of national antiquity, which instance among their neighbours, to that barbarous deed which are either mouldering under the slow touch of time, or swept demolished Arthur’s Oven. But there is no end to lamentation, when we betake ourselves to such subjects. My respect- away by modern taste, with the same besom of destruction ful compliments attend Miss Dryasdust; I endeavoured to which John Knox used at the Reformation. Once more adieu; match the spectacles agreeable to her commission, during my vale tandem, non immemor mei. Believe me to be, late journey to London, and hope she has received them safe, and found them satisfactory. I send this by the blind carrier, so that probably it may be some time upon its journey.* Reverend, and very dear Sir, * This anticipation proved but too true, as my learned correspondent did not receive my letter until a twelvemonth after it was written. I mention Your most faithful humble Servant. this circumstance, that a gentleman attached to the cause of learning, who now holds the principal control of the post-office, may consider whether by some mitigation of the present enormous rates, some favour might not Laurence Templeton. be shown to the correspondents of the principal Literary and Antiquarian Societies. I understand, indeed, that this experiment was once tried, but that the mail-coach having broke down under the weight of packages ad- Toppingwold, near Egremont, Cumberland, Nov. 17, 1817. dressed to members of the Society of Antiquaries, it was relinquished as a hazardous experiment. Surely, however it would be possible to build these vehicles in a form more substantial, stronger in the perch, and broader in the wheels, so as to support the weight of Antiquarian learning; when, if they should be found to travel more slowly, they would be not the less *Mr Skene of Rubislaw is here intimated, to whose taste and agreeable to quiet travellers like myself.—L. T. skill the author is indebted for a series of etchings, exhibiting the various localities alluded to in these novels. 486
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Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott A Penn
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Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott CHAPTER
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ace had shown the most marked predi
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leather was twined artificially rou
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“The curse of St Withold upon the
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—and thou art but a cast-away swi
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clasp, and the whole dress proper t
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also carried his small triangular s
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the Saxon peasants. “I asked you,
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oad, even if they should be in no h
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with his wooden sword.” “Ay, bu
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CHAPTER III Then (sad relief!) from
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His dress was a tunic of forest gre
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indignation without fear or control
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would himself bid them welcome, but
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and his shaven crown concealed by a
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they have not done me. I tell thee,
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seemed capable to kindle as well as
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sat Wamba, with a small table befor
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and hesitation, and many a bow of d
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I can cheer my dogs on the prey, an
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confusion of his guest; “I would
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will I bestow safely in the treasur
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CHAPTER VI To buy his favour I exte
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is the perverse course of fate, tha
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The inmate was lying in troubled sl
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Then, as if suspicion had overpower
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only a change of raiment.” Then g
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“May the wheels of their chariots
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head—ten goodly steeds, the worst
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pression of the feudal nobility, an
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front of the pavilions, and the who
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fer him injury. At such meetings th
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set of features, well formed by nat
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gland. But with the blood of this a
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steps which led up to the gallery.
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horror, “a Jewess!—We should de
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ing galleries were crowded with all
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espective shields. At the flourish
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ceiving, notwithstanding his place
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strained to the highest pitch. Few
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only saved from falling by being un
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“Your Grace,” said Waldemar Fit
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will be formal and complete.—Rais
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their silver, and their war-horses,
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sity of preparing for to-morrow’s
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CHAPTER X Thus, like the sad presag
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with pleasure exchange courtesies;
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Prince John willingly.” “Willin
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day’s tournament. It is the price
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Gurth grinned, which was his neares
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the carriages which had recently tr
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comes thy master by this gold? is i
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“Not if thou canst scathe him,”
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have had some trouble in finding hi
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sary of high reputation, were, neve
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antagonist to the extremity of the
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Meantime the clang of the blows, an
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the preceding day. This stood him i
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upwards of thirty were desperately
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There was a general consternation.
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A stern smile curled the Prince’s
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trial of skill, he was pleased to a
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“Now, Locksley,” said Prince Jo
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willow wand upright in the ground,
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posed of his domains without scrupl
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eign and domestic. But, though luxu
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free and independent right.” “W
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The knight made his obeisance, and
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“It will be in vain,” said Prin
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cause he opposed himself to the wil
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wealth and honour are but the lot o
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CHAPTER XVI Far in a wild, unknown
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oaks and holly bushes, whose roots
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“Friend wayfarer,” replied the
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those of a boar both in sharpness a
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countenance as was possible to be e
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more than he deserves who takes up
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“Ay, mark’st thou that?” repl
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Half shows, half shades, her neck o
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But which of us e’er felt the idl
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persed. Oswald, however, was antici
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their nation, wherein they indulged
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And the indignant swineherd resumed
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ceived he was rendering an importan
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the forest, Cedric and Athelstane r
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of the whole party, where Wamba,”
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“I have heard men talk of the ble
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tent with Wamba’s humour to trave
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good the old proverb, The nearer th
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mad? to give admittance to a knight
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e truer metal than the religion of
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full assurance that they held the r
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had too many good reasons for their
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my father feasted with Torquil Wolf
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ered us as bondsmen to the foreign
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CHAPTER XXII My daughter—O my duc
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in the slaughter-house. Each had in
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shalt lie, stripped of thy clothes
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those of others.” “I am, then,
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cruelty threatens. No silver will I
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pect from him.” “I know you not
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arm was to reconquer the Holy Sepul
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If, thought he, I should be moved b
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CHAPTER XXIV I’ll woo her as the
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protection.” “The presence of t
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fer to the supposed outlaw, conclud
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treaty or necessity.” “Stand ba
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“Let there be peace between us, R
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sacrifices. Our immense possessions
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necessary directions. “Let us see
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“Front-de-Boeuf has not recovered
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made, we do in Christian charity re
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All looked on each other, and were
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father did not give him any cause o
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hung upon his ancestor the alderman
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vent it.—Farewell.” “Farewell
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CHAPTER XXVII Fond wretch! and what
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“There is—there is,” answered
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irresistible horrors? What fate is
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nation of the head. “Thy penitent
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the open field by a well-fortified
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“What means the knave?” said Fr
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steady countenance, “is my affian
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to ire are these unhallowed laymen!
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“Away with this prating dotard,
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Ishmael and of Edom,” whispered I
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vulnerary remedies as her art presc
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few and brief directions were given
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cure wounds, though we deal not in
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“Let it be as thou wilt,” said
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In this deplorable condition the Je
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CHAPTER XXIX Ascend the watch-tower
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introduction. “If I could but dra
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“None of mark and distinction tha
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She turned her head from the lattic
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wing of the night raven. Nothing ca
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of honour and generosity. “How li
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plates of iron to fence it withal,
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part of the defenders’ observatio
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instantly summoning up his wonted r
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from the battlements of the castle;
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CHAPTER XXXI Once more unto the bre
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pose. Wherefore, one of ye go to Lo
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“Do you give ground, base knaves!
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“Go to the barbican,” said the
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to the postern, and having there de
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Rowena—see but her long dark lock
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The black cloud is low over the tha
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CHAPTER XXXII. Trust me each state
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as neither I nor any of mine will t
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should thirst, she has many a butt
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silvan amphitheatre, and took the s
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Locksley now proceeded to the distr
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prisoner, rescue or no rescue. I di
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know its vigour. “Now, Priest,”
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my mails, tell down with all speed
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pay for walking on Watling-street,
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all that may stir up the rude and u
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how thou mayst deserve my good word
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“Nay, but, good Diccon Bend-the-B
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oken by Latin, it had not held so l
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not only for the good which he perf
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“What is to be done?” said the
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“Not so,” answered Fitzurse;
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tunes, those of thy comrades, thine
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aton of office, and assuming a loft
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despised Children of the Promise ar
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Templars, and bringing great dishon
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hath prescribed to us in the forty-
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no more be known among the nations.
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from thee thy business with Brian d
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simplicity is no match for this dee
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Sir Walter Scott audacious Bois-Gui
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“It were deep pity,” said Conra
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or even to lose my Preceptory, for
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“Malvoisin, they must be found,
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y two scribes, chaplains of the Ord
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pleasure. But when the raging wolf
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most frantic excess of chivalrous z
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limbs, by a miraculous balsam. The
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The guards were about to remove her
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pet of the turret, and there take t
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CHAPTER XXXVIII —There I throw my
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“Thou sayest right, brother,” s
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“Is there,” said Rebecca, “an
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trust that the child of thy house y
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They embraced accordingly, and depa
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“Ay,” replied the Templar, “t
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which warned thee to demand a champ
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power will I forego, even now when
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daughter of Jacob must be otherwise
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efuse to act the brutality which hi
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arguments by which he endeavoured t
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them with his eyes, until they were
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patience. And now, farewell!” Iva
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amused the Knight, but compelled hi
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“I would, Wamba,” said the knig
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“Marry, sir, but we have Malvoisi
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his lance, and taking aim, not at t
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I have allotted thee, thou diest—
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the good men around, if it was not
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CHAPTER XLI All hail to the lordlin
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have sought out. The young knight s
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Men of their precarious course of l
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There are few more beautiful or str
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were rude. If sorrow was thirsty, t
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and loose black mantles, suited wel
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the mother of Athelstane, in her de
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each other.—And, how now, worthy
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and water for three days, which see
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He had indeed now many more auditor
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“Ay, by my faith!” said Athelst
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CHAPTER XLIII Be Mowbray’s sins s
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“That is impossible,” said the
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eyes were now turned to the Precept
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ing that his adversary is an unbeli
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Page 453 and 454: NOTE TO CHAPTER XXII. Note E.—The
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Page 459 and 460: house of Cassilis are still in poss
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Page 467 and 468: INTRODUCTION TO IVANHOE. The Author
Page 469 and 470: It is not, perhaps, necessary to en
Page 471 and 472: twixt the monarch’s outward appea
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Page 475 and 476: ondly, it conveyed no indication wh
Page 477 and 478: has been recorded in the following
Page 479 and 480: capable of being reanimated even by
Page 481 and 482: hope to traverse by the following c
Page 483 and 484: What I have applied to language, is
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