Rookwood [by W.H. Ainsworth]. Illustr. libr. ed |
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... dead ! I have no reverence ( whatever you may have ) for the seducer - for the murderer of my mother . " " You have choice store of epithets , in sooth , good grand- son , " rejoined Peter , with a chuckling laugh . " Sir Piers a ...
... dead ! I have no reverence ( whatever you may have ) for the seducer - for the murderer of my mother . " " You have choice store of epithets , in sooth , good grand- son , " rejoined Peter , with a chuckling laugh . " Sir Piers a ...
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... dead ! I have no reverence ( whatever you may have ) for the seducer - for the murderer of my mother . " " You have choice store of epithets , in sooth , good grand- son , " rejoined Peter , with a chuckling laugh . " Sir Piers a ...
... dead ! I have no reverence ( whatever you may have ) for the seducer - for the murderer of my mother . " " You have choice store of epithets , in sooth , good grand- son , " rejoined Peter , with a chuckling laugh . " Sir Piers a ...
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... Dead mother ! upon thee I call . If in thy grave thou canst hear the cry of thy most wretched son , yearning to avenge thee— answer me , if thou hast the power . Let me have some token of the truth or falsity of these wild suppositions ...
... Dead mother ! upon thee I call . If in thy grave thou canst hear the cry of thy most wretched son , yearning to avenge thee— answer me , if thou hast the power . Let me have some token of the truth or falsity of these wild suppositions ...
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... dead body , clothed in all the hideous apparel of the tomb , rolled forth to his feet . " It is your mother's corpse , " answered the sexton , coldly ; " I brought you hither to behold it . But you have antici- pated my intentions ...
... dead body , clothed in all the hideous apparel of the tomb , rolled forth to his feet . " It is your mother's corpse , " answered the sexton , coldly ; " I brought you hither to behold it . But you have antici- pated my intentions ...
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... dead . Peter observed the effect . " Such was thy life , " he exclaimed ; " a brief , bright sparkle , followed by dark , utter extinc tion ! " Saying which , he flung the expiring ashes of the floweret from his hand . II . THE SKELETON ...
... dead . Peter observed the effect . " Such was thy life , " he exclaimed ; " a brief , bright sparkle , followed by dark , utter extinc tion ! " Saying which , he flung the expiring ashes of the floweret from his hand . II . THE SKELETON ...
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Ainsworth Alan Rookwood amongst answered appeared arms asked Barbara beauty Black Bess blood brother brow canting crew Carrion Crow Checkley coffin countenance cried Luke curse dark Davenham dead death devil Dick Turpin Doctor Small door echoed Eleanor Mowbray eyes father fear followed gazed gipsy glance hall hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven highwayman honour horse instant Jack Palmer Jerry knight of Malta Lady Rookwood ladyship look Luke Bradley Luke's Major Mowbray mother never night once patrico Peter Bradley pistol priest Ranulph Rookwood Rapparees replied Luke replied Ranulph returned Rook rushed scarcely sexton silence Sir Luke Rookwood Sir Piers Rookwood Sir Piers's Sir Ranulph Sir Reginald smile soul stood stream Sybil tell thee thou thought tion Titus Tom King tone tree Tyrconnel vault voice wild WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH wood words Zoroaster
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Page 57 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Page xiii - That humour interposed too often makes; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may; Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in heaven, though little noticed here.
Page 167 - Dick then made for the lower part of the heath, and skirted a part that leads towards North End, passing the furze-crowned summit, which is now crested by a clump of lofty pines. It was here that the chase first assumed a character of interest. Being open ground, the pursued and pursuers were in full view of each other ; and as Dick rode swiftly across the heath, with the shouting trio hard at his heels, the scene had a very animated appearance. He crossed the hill — the Hendon road — passed...
Page 6 - That pleasure was the chiefest good, (And was perhaps i' th' right, if rightly understood) His life he to his doctrine brought, And in a garden's shade that sovereign pleasure sought. Whoever a true epicure would be, May there find cheap and virtuous luxury.
Page 173 - Bess started forward at a pace which few horses could have equaled, and scarcely any have sustained so long. Even Dick, accustomed as he was to her magnificent action, felt electrified at the speed with which he was borne along. " Bravo ! bravo ! " shouted he ; " hark away, Bess ! " The deep and solemn woods through which they were rushing rang with his shouts and the sharp rattle of Bess...
Page xxi - Sad wailing moans, like human groans, the concert harsh prolong. But whether gale or calm prevail, or threatening cloud hath fled, By hand of Fate, predestinate, a limb that tree will shed : A verdant bough — untouched, I trow, by axe or tempest's breath — To Rookwood's head an omen dread of fast-approaching death.
Page 167 - Coates's party; and the time they lost in unfastening the gate, which none of them chose to leap, enabled Dick to put additional space betwixt them. It did not, however, appear to be his intention altogether to outstrip his pursuers: the chase seemed to give him excitement, which he was willing to prolong as much as was consistent with his safety. Scudding rapidly past Highgate, like a swift-sailing schooner with three lumbering Indiamen in her wake, Dick now took the lead along a narrow lane that...
Page xiv - ... and trifling jollities, and do what lies in you to keep me always merry. Be frolic now, my lads, cheer up your hearts, and joyfully read the rest, with all the ease of your body and profit of your reins.
Page 155 - By moonlight, in darkness, by night, or by day, Her headlong career there is nothing can stay ; She cares not for distance, she knows not distress : Can you show me a courser to match with Black Bess ? " Egad ! I should think not," exclaimed King ; " you are as sentimental on the subject of your mare as I am when I think of my darling Susan. But pardon my interruption. Pray, proceed.
Page 215 - s chamber found his grace All on a cold sweat, altered much in face And language: since which apparition, He hath grown worse and worse, and I much fear He cannot live.