... to
lose itself, while imagination considers them as the paths to yet
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 1
Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome,
The full-fed swine return'd ... artificially round
the legs, and, ascending above the calf, left the knees bare,
like those of a Scottish Highlander. To make the jacket sit yet
more close to the body, it was gathered at...
... the convent vaults, under the
key of old Dennis the cellarer."
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 2 (p2)
Gurth darted at him a savage and revengeful scowl, and with a fierce, yet ... to fight for the recovery of the Holy
Sepulchre," said the Templar.
"True, Reverend Sir Knight," answered the Palmer, to whom the appearance
of the Templar seemed perfect...
... travel thitherward; when the roads are so unsafe, the escort of Sir
Brian de Bois-Guilbert is not to be despised."
" ;Sir Prior," answered the Saxon, "wheresoever I have travelled ... said
the Saxon, kindling in wrath.
"Marry, that did old Hubert," said Wamba, " ;Sir Philip de Malvoisin's keeper
of the chase. He caught Fangs strolling in the...
... Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 5
Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions,
senses, ... Holy Standard, could tell whether the
Saxon war-cry was not heard as far within the ranks of the Scottish host as
the 'cri de guerre' of the boldest Norman baron. To the memory of the
... bestowed it in a pouch lined with perfumed leather, which opened under
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 5 (p2)
It is impossible for language to describe the bitter scowl of rage which ... than to make up their
number his name dwells not in my memory."
" ;Sir Palmer," said Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert scornfully, "this assumed
forgetfulness, after so...
... upon the court, with
several Knights Templars and Knights of St John.
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 7
Knights, with a long retinue of their squires,
In gaudy liveries march and quaint ... own share in this transaction
was considerable, and he well knew that the Prince's eager desire to bring it
to a conclusion would ensure him his protection in the dilemma in which...
... the spectators as if he had done some honest and honourable
action.
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 7 (p2)
It may be here remarked, that the knights of these two orders were accounted
... Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 12
The heralds left their pricking up and down,
Now ringen trumpets loud and clarion. ... confidence in their own skill to defy a single adversary of high
reputation, were, nevertheless, desirous of displaying their valour in the
general combat, where they might meet others with whom ... were more
upon an equality. On the present occasion, abo...
...
the table, and beckoned to the knight to do the same upon the other.
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 16
Far in a wild, unknown to public view,
From youth to age a reverend hermit
... the
union of Athelstane and Rowena, together with expediting those other
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 18
Away! our journey lies through dell and dingle,
Where the blithe fawn trips ...
throne. Rowena, who possessed strong sense, neither considered his plan as
practicable, nor as desirable, so far as she was concerned, could it have been
achieved. Without attempting to...
... to estimate the virtues of thine Order. The next Preceptory would grant
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 24 (p2)
"Stand back," said Rebecca "stand back, and hear me ere thou ... to the superstition of thy brethren what their compassion might refuse
me, Each Preceptory each Chapter of thy Order, shall learn, that, like a
heretic, thou hast sinned with a Jew...
... paid them, by the bedside of the wounded
Ivanhoe. With an understanding awake to their dangerous situation, and
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 26
The hottest horse will oft be cool,
... Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 33 (p2)
The yeomen expressed their wonted acquiescence in their leader's opinion; ...
persons cast out from all the ordinary protection and influence of the laws.
"Good fruit, Sir Knight," said the yeoman, "will sometimes grow on a sorry
tree; and evil times are ...
"And to one of those," said the Knight, &...
... luxury of dress. In his hand he bore that singular "abacus",
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 35
Arouse the tiger of Hyrcanian deserts,
Strive with the half-starved lion for ... can confide my sorrows. To thee alone
can I tell how oft, since I came to this kingdom, I have desired to be
dissolved and to be with the just. Not one object in England hath met mine
eye...
... fought so bravely for the deliverance of him for
whom we this day mourn."
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter Scott
Chapter 42
I found them winding of Marcello's corpse.
And there was such a solemn ...
hael", and partook of a cup which was handed to him by the sewer. The
same courtesy was offered to Ivanhoe, who pledged his father in silence,
supplying the usual speech by a...