The MoorC. Knight, 1825 - 363 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xvi
... scene of confusion and frequently of bloodshed ; various pretenders sprung up ; the different towns of the Empire took part with the different competitors , who waged war with the central government , in- trigued with the Christians ...
... scene of confusion and frequently of bloodshed ; various pretenders sprung up ; the different towns of the Empire took part with the different competitors , who waged war with the central government , in- trigued with the Christians ...
Σελίδα xviii
... together at Granada , and made these narrow limits the scene of their haughty pretensions and hereditary feuds . The assemblage of this powerful aristocracy virtually changed the government from a mo- narchy absolute in xviii PREFACE .
... together at Granada , and made these narrow limits the scene of their haughty pretensions and hereditary feuds . The assemblage of this powerful aristocracy virtually changed the government from a mo- narchy absolute in xviii PREFACE .
Σελίδα xxi
... scene of the following Poem is laid in the south of Spain during the last years of the Mahometan government ; and in the reign of Abdallah , last King of the Moors . This peo- ple united the pride of the Spanish character with all the ...
... scene of the following Poem is laid in the south of Spain during the last years of the Mahometan government ; and in the reign of Abdallah , last King of the Moors . This peo- ple united the pride of the Spanish character with all the ...
Σελίδα xxv
... scene of Hassan's expedition to the convent , and the re- luctance I felt to make any change that would have so far altered the character of the band by whom I was detained , as to have converted them into a group of Andalusians , a ...
... scene of Hassan's expedition to the convent , and the re- luctance I felt to make any change that would have so far altered the character of the band by whom I was detained , as to have converted them into a group of Andalusians , a ...
Σελίδα xxvi
... scene of Hassan's adventure . In this part of my Poem , the situation of the Mahometan Chief has become unavoidably identified with my own . Let me request my readers not to carry the identity further . However imperfectly I may have ...
... scene of Hassan's adventure . In this part of my Poem , the situation of the Mahometan Chief has become unavoidably identified with my own . Let me request my readers not to carry the identity further . However imperfectly I may have ...
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Abdallah Abencerrages Alatar Alhambra Almoradi Aragon arms band beams beauty beneath Boabdil bold bower brave breast breath bright brow Cabra Cadiz CANTO Catalan Catalonia chief chieftain chivalry cold colours Cortes dark dark moor Daro's death deem'd deep dreadful fair faith faithful bands faithless feeling fierce fire gallant gave gaze glance glories glow Gomeles grace Granada Guerilla hall hand Hassan hear heard heart Heaven height honour hope hour Ismael's Kedith's kindred King knew land life's light Lord mark'd mingled Montserrat Moor Moorish Moorish Empire Moslem mountain native ne'er night o'er passion paused peaceful plain pride proud racter rose round royal Royalists scarcely scene shore smiling bands soul sound Spain Spaniard Spanish spirit steed stern stood strain strife sway thee thine thou tone Trapiste Vilia warriors wave wild word young youth Zaira Zegri
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Σελίδα 117 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Σελίδα 177 - For, dark and despairing, my sight I may seal, But man cannot cover what God would reveal. 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Σελίδα 1 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Σελίδα 225 - all the life of life " is fled ?— What, but the deep inherent dread Lest she beyond the grave resume her reign, And realize the hell that priests and beldams feign ? Page 34, line 17.
Σελίδα 356 - And when one blast shall sound the trumpet, and the earth shall be moved from its place, and the mountains also, and shall be dashed in pieces at one stroke: on that day the inevitable hour of judgment shall suddenly come; and the heavens shall cleave in sunder, and shall fall in pieces...
Σελίδα 286 - Verily we sent down the Koran in the night of al Kadr.1 And what shall make thee understand how excellent the night or al Kadr is ? The night of al Kadr is better than a thousand months. Therein do the angels descend, and the spirit Gabriel also, by the permission of their Lord, with his decrees concerning every matter. It is peace, until the rising of the morn.
Σελίδα 315 - Foi ; il» se mirent en état de défense : repoussés dans la ville, ils se retranchèrent dans les maisons crénelées, d'où ils faisaient un feu meurtrier; le Général Bellido ne vit pas d'autre moyen de les réduire, que de faire mettre le feu aux quatre coins de la ville; et au milieu du désordre...
Σελίδα 343 - Au deux extrémités du carré long, deux charmantes coupoles de quinze à seize pieds en tous sens s'avancent en saillie dans l'intérieur, soutenues comme tout le reste par des colonnes de marbre. Sous ces coupoles sont des jets d'eau. Enfin, dans le centre de l'édifice...
Σελίδα 48 - ... tapestry clung, And, dear to Spain, Pelayo's armour hung. Now eve descending, quell'd the struggling ray, And heavy fell the shades of deepening day, But bright o'er kindling hearth the pile was raised, And gaily flashing o'er the rafters blazed ; There, closely crowded round the cheerful light, Where group'd the leaders of the Spanish fight, And Kedith led him to the gather'd ring As chief on honour'd mission to the King. Unlike the aerial hall, the magic dome, The dazzling glories of his distant...
Σελίδα 315 - Enfin , après une vigoureuse résistance, la ville fut rendue à dix heures et demie du soir, et subit toute la nuit les suites horribles d'une prise d'assaut. Elle était presque détruite et ses habitans en partie exterminés, mais elle avait coûté cher aux vainqueurs, ils y avaient perdu le commandant des Asturies et au moins deux cent cinquante hommes. Suivant le rapport du général constitutionnel, la perte totale des insurgés dans ces deux affaires avait été de plus de douze cents hommes,...