Heroines of the CrusadesAlden and Beardsley, 1855 - 496 pages |
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Acre Adela Alphonso arms army barons beautiful Becket Berengaria blessed Blois bride brother castle Christians church Constantinople Count Count of Blois Count of Champagne countess Countess of Blois court cross crown crusade Damietta daughter death Duke Earl Edgar Atheling Edward Eleanora Elsiebede Emperor England English Europe exclaimed eyes fair father fear fell France Frederic French gallant gave gazed hand hast hath head heart heaven Henry Holy Land honor husband Infidels Isabella Jean de Brienne Jerusalem king knight lady lord Louis maidens Maude monarch monk Moslems mother noble Normandy NOTE palace Palestine Philip Augustus pilgrims Plantagenet pope priest prince princess Procida Provençal queen Raimond received replied returned Richard Richard Plantagenet Robert Rosamond royal Saladin Salaman Sancho Saphadin Saracens Saxon scarcely sister smile sovereign spirit Stephen sweet sword Syria tears thee thou throne tion Turks Violante voice warriors weary William young youth
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Page 379 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 82 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 331 - Her lot is on you — silent tears to weep, And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship — therefore pray...
Page 156 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A name to all succeeding ages curst : For close designs and crooked counsels fit, Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit...
Page 218 - Ah me! for aught that ever I could read. Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, either it was different in blood; Her.
Page 78 - Me ; whoever will abandon his house, or his father, or his mother, or his wife, or his children, or his inheritance, for the sake of My name shall be recompensed a hundred-fold, and possess life eternal.
Page 179 - That none but with a clue of thread Could enter in or out. And for his love and ladyes sake, That was so faire and brighte, The keeping of this bower he gave Unto a valiant knighte.
Page 182 - Who tooke it in her hand, And from her bended knee arose, And on her feet did stand : And casting up her eyes to heaven, She did for mercye calle ; And drinking up the poison stronge, Her life she lost withalle.
Page 171 - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
Page 472 - In some instances, the poor rustic shod his oxen like horses, and placed his whole family in a cart, where it was amusing to hear the children, on the approach to any large town or castle, inquiring if the object before them was Jerusalem.