Walter Scott
Ivanhoe
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Walter Scott

Ivanhoe

  • Andreihar citeretfor 4 år siden
    degraded rather than exalted
  • Andreihar citeretfor 4 år siden
    with a sparing hand
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    "And where sleeps Gurth the swineherd?" said the stranger.

    "Gurth," replied the bondsman, "sleeps in the cell on your right, as the Jew on that to your left; you serve to keep the child of circumcision separate from the abomination of his tribe. You might have occupied a more honourable place had you accepted of Oswald's invitation."

    "It is as well as it is," said the Palmer; "the company, even of a Jew, can hardly spread contamination through an oaken partition."

    So saying, he entered the cabin allotted to him, and taking the torch from the domestic's hand, thanked him, and wished him good-night. Having shut the door of his cell, he placed the torch in a candlestick made of wood, and looked around his sleeping apartment, the furniture of which was of the most simple kind. It consisted of a rude wooden stool, and still rude
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    Accept this alms, friend," continued the lady, offering a piece of gold, "in acknowledgment of thy painful travail, and of the shrines thou hast visited."
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    How looked he, stranger, when you last saw him? Had disease laid her hand heavy upon his strength and comeliness?"
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    half the knights on each side were dismounted, some by the dexterity of their adversary's lance,
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    he splendid armour of the combatants was now defaced with dust and blood, and gave way at every stroke of the sword and battle-ax
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    the tide of battle seemed to flow now toward the southern, now toward the northern extremity of the lists,
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    whom it was accounted a point of religion to hate,
  • Oksana Dreamerhar citeretfor 4 år siden
    in a measure placed in opposition
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