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...the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. King Richard II by William Shakespeare , the Pennsylvania State University, J... ... The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. KING RICHARD III (written in 1593) DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING EDWARD The Fourth: ... ...) EDWARD: Prince of Wales, (PRINCE EDWARD:) afterwards King Edward V., and RICHARD: Duke of York, (YORK:) sons to the King. GEORGE: Duke of Claren... ... York, (YORK:) sons to the King. GEORGE: Duke of Clarence, (CLARENCE:) and RICHARD: Duke of Gloucester, (GLOUCESTER:) afterwards King Ri chard III.... ... DERBY. (DERBY:) LORD LOVEL : (LOVEL:) SIR THOMAS VAUGHAN : (VAUGHAN:) SIR RICHARD RATCLIFF : (RATCLIFF:) SIR WILLIAM CATESBY : (CATESBY:) King Ri... ... Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons! Upon them! victory sits on our helms. [Exeunt.] SCENE IV: Another part of the field. [Alarum: excursio...

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.................... 199 4 The V olsunga Saga The Volsunga Saga The story of Richard Wagner’s operatic Ring Cycle is in these. Volsunga Saga, with Excer... ...am Morris in producing the one great English epic of the century; (13) and Richard W agner in the mightiest among his music-dramas. Of the story as to... ...hal where two men axe sitting, big and grimly to look on, with overhanging helms and bright white byrnies; (2) so he runs up the hall to his father, a... ...ce, and seldom seen; and great game and joy men had to look on byrnies and helms, and mighty rings, and wondrous great golden stoups, and all kinds of... ...s with gold. So they send for their friends, and array their horses, their helms, and their shields, and their byrnies, and all their war- gear; and t... ...hem red fur-coats. Even as the song says— “Byrnies short cut, Strong helms hammered, Girt with good swords, Red hair gleaming.” They were ... ... go to his house and home in all glory, and take of him exceeding honours, helms and shields, swords and byrnies, gold and goodly raiment, horses, hos...

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..., the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I., when his return from his long captivity had become an event rat... ...said briefly and emphatically , “I speak ever French, the language of King Richard and his nobles; but I understand English sufficiently to communicat... ...rthe- less—” “I think, friend Cedric,” said W amba, interfering, “that had Richard of the Lion’s Heart been wise enough to have taken a fool’s advice,... ... sword in defence of the Holy Land. I say besides, for I saw it, that King Richard himself, and five of his knights, held a tournament after the takin... ...onour as in arms, in renown as in place,” said the Pilgrim, “was the brave Richard, King of England.” “I forgive him,” said Cedric; “I forgive him his... ...eares, twenty feet in height, Out go the swordes to the silver bright; The helms they to-hewn and to-shred; Out burst the blood with stern streames re...

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.... See also Birch Hirschfeld, “Die Gralsage”, p. 143. 6 2 vols. 8vo. London, Richards, 1876 1892. 7 L’histoire de Foulkes Fitz Warin . Ed. F. Michel,... ... `Fair son, they are clad in habergeons of iron to protect their bodies, and helms laced upon their heads, and shields and spears and swords girded wh... ...d no knight that he had not con quered. They deal them great buffets on the helms, either upon other, in such sort that the sparks fly thereout and t... ...ds on their arms and dealt each other huge buffets right in the midst of the helms. The most part of the knights come to them and tell them that the a... ...dure his blows. King Arthur is not idle, but pierceth shields and beateth in helms, the while all look on in wonderment at him and Messire Gawain. The... ...eturn the one toward the other like lions. Such buffets deal they upon their helms that they beat them in and make the fire leap out by the force of t...

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... cloak must shear from the slaughtered deer, To keep the cold away.’ ‘O Richard! if my brother died, ‘T was but a fatal chance; For darkling was... ...As warm, we’ll say, is the russet gray, As gay the forest-green. ‘ And, Richard, if our lot be hard, And lost thy native land, Still Alice has h... ..., if our lot be hard, And lost thy native land, Still Alice has her own Richard, And he his Alice Brand.’ 67 Sir Walter Scott XIII. Ballad Cont... ...Lady Alice is singing; On the beech’s pride, and oak’s brown side, Lord Richard’s axe is ringing. Up spoke the moody Elfin King, Who woned withi... ...ds have stilled their singing; The evening blaze cloth Alice raise, And Richard is fagots bringing. Up Urgan starts, that hideous dwarf, Before ... ...usedly. A trisyllable; as in ii. 161 below, and in the Lay, iii. 337: “And helms and plumes, confusedly tossed.” 274. Wildering. Bewildering. Cf. Dryd...

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...on in such terms as I cannot repeat with- out vanity. I was obliged to Sir Richard Steele for a very early recommendation of my undertaking to the pub... ...stood, Of fight insatiate, prodigal of blood. In vain he calls; the din of helms and shields Rings to the skies, and echoes through the fields, The br... ... and shields in shields, Spears lean on spears, on targets targets throng, Helms stuck to helms, and man drove man along. The floating plumes unnumber... ...ith upright spears, that flash’d afar; Dire was the gleam of breastplates, helms, and shields, And polish’d arms emblazed the flaming fields: T remend... ...hall need no more. Oh yet, if glory any bosom warms, Brace on your firmest helms, and stand to arms: His strongest spear each valiant Grecian wield, E... ...e, pouring darkness o’er the mingled fight, Conceals the warriors’ shining helms in night: To him, the chief for whom the hosts contend Had lived not ...

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...r John De Camp Commander James Alden. Commander David D. Porter. Commander Richard Wain- wright. Commander William B. Renshaw. Lieutenant Com- manding... ... David T odd, Governor of Ohio. Alexander Ramsey, Governor of Minne- sota. Richard Y ates, Governor of Illinois. Edward Salomon, Governor of Wisconsin... ...do. In sealing their faith with their blood, Baker and Lyon and Bohien and Richardson, Republicans, did all that men could do; but did they any more t... ...- ECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, June 1, 1863. COLONEL LUDLOW, Fort Monroe: Richardson and Brown, correspondents of the Tribune cap- tured at Vicksburg... ...ps as frequently as any un-professional reader. Among the latter are Lear, Richard III., Henry VIII., Hamlet, and especially Macbeth. I think nothing ... ...g, Adams, Burm, Brown, and John [B. H.] Helm wounded. By confusion the two Helms may be the same man, and Bunn and Brown may be the same man. With Bur...

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...of poems and fragments, entitled “Relics of Shelley”, was published by Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B.—a precious sheaf gleaned from the manu- scripts prese... ...ie” on the Shelley manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, contributed by Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B., to the columns of “The Speaker” of December 19, 1903... ...f the material contained in his interesting and stimulating volume. To Dr. Richard Garnett, C.B., and to Professor Dowden, cordial thanks are hereby t... ...ncelled cycles; anchors, beaks of ships; Planks turned to marble; quivers, helms, and spears, _290 And gorgon-headed targes, and the wheels Of scyth... ... in 1829 by Gee & Bridges, Cambridge, at the instance of Arthur Hallam and Richard Monckton Milnes (Lord Houghton). The poem was included in Galignani... ...ry shadow Of his gilt prow within the sapphire water, Then must the lonely helmsman cry aloud ‘Ahasuerus!’ and the caverns round Will answer ‘ Ahasuer... ...the car?’—’The wise, ‘The great, the unforgotten,—they who wore Mitres and helms and crowns, or wreaths of light, _210 Signs of thought’s empire...

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...iately from the Dut. and Ger. wallen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richardson’ s Dictionary KETOS, GREEK. CETUS, LA TIN. WHOEL, ANGLO-SAXON. H... ...sort that was killed by any man, such is his fierceness and swift- ness.” —Richard Strafford’s Letter from the Bermudas. Phil. Trans. A.D. 1668. “Whal... ...curiously carved from the long narrow lower jaw of her hereditary foe. The helmsman who steered by that tiller in a tempest, felt like the Tartar, whe... ... any other soil, and here there’s none but the crew’s cursed clay. Steady, helms- man! steady. This is the sort of weather when brave hearts snap asho... ...r the shops of oil-dealers, what shall be said of them? They are generally Richard III. whales, with dromedary humps, and very savage; breakfasting on... ...and with one hand pushed far behind in readiness to wave his orders to the helmsman, cast his eager glance in the direction indicated aloft by the out... ...or every swing that we made there was a nod from below from the slumbering helmsman. The waves, too, nodded their indolent crests; and across the wide... ... cried Ahab. And obeying his own order, he dashed the helm down before the helmsman could handle the spokes. The sudden exclamations of the crew must ...

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...thers and sisters, had yielded her hand to his not wealthy friend, Colonel Richard Beauchamp. After the death of Nevil’s parents, he adopted the boy, ... ...CHAPTER X A SINGULAR COUNCIL THE FOUR SAT TOGETHER under the shadow of the helms- man, by whom they were regarded as voyagers in debate upon the quest... ...gh those Romfreys!—and the Beauchamps were just as bad, or nearly. Colonel Richard fought for a friend’s wife or sister. But in these days duelling is... ...his look, and what I know of his father, that gallant and handsome Colonel Richard Beauchamp, would give one a kind of confidence in him; supposing al... ...ned him. She dwelt fondly on an image of the ‘gallant and handsome Colonel Richard Beauchamp,’ conjured up in her mind from the fervour of Mrs. Lespel... ... them be hostile or amicable, he wanted an audience as hotly as the humped Richard a horse. At Romfrey Castle he fell upon an audience that became tra...

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... Two Years Before the Mast by Richard HENRY DANA 1840 DjVu Editions E-books ' 2001, Global Lang... ...ect in the world as a landsman beginning a - 1 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana sailor’s life. At length those peculiar, longdrawn ... ...y bidding ‘‘good night’’ to my native land. - 2 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana CHAPTER II — FIRST IMPRESSIONS—’’SAIL HO!’’ The f... ..., and the hatch was quickly shut again. When - 3 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana I got upon deck, a new scene and a new experience wa... ...hat I had rather wait till after breakfast; - 4 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana but I knew that I must ‘‘take the bull by the horns,’... ...ard watch, and was an old sea dog, a Swede by birth, and accounted the best helmsman in the ship. This was our ship’s company, beside cook and stewar... ...ur hours apiece out of every twenty four; and the other watch had only four helmsmen. ‘‘Never mind—we’re homeward bound!’’ was the answer to everyt... .... I went to the wheel with a young fellow from the Kennebec, who was a good helmsman; and for two hours we had our hands full. A few minutes showed u... ..., making between nine hundred and a thousand hours which I had spent at the helms of our two vessels. The tide beginning to set against us, we made ...

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...cow-heel at a neighboring cook’s shop. Their names were Samuel Johnson and Richard Savage. Meanwhile the conversation at Button’s was fast and bril- l... ...ignitary in the cassock, “is it in blue and goold ye are this morning, Sir Richard, when you ought to be in seebles?” 11 Burlesques “Who’s dead, Dean... ...t; and thou wert away to the Crusades ere ever my beard grew.” “I stood by Richard of England at the gates of Ascalon, and drew the spear from sainted... ...d many a rousing night had our crusader enjoyed in Syria with lion-hearted Richard; with his coadjutor, Godfrey of Bouillon; nay, with the dauntless S... ...I tell thee—a chanter of horseflesh. He won five thousand marks from bluff Richard of England the night before the storming of Ascalon, and I caught h... ...a cavalcade of knights arriving, with their pages car- rying their shining helms of gold, and the stout esquires, bear- ers of lance and banner. Anon ...

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...s to more distant dwellers on its banks; many a poet’s stream floating the helms and shields of heroes on its bosom. The Xanthus or Scamander is not a... ...invented when these were invented. We do not know their John Gutenberg, or Richard Arkwright, though the poets would fain make them to have been gradu... ...n that travelled with teams on the Sabbath, Dec. 18th, 1803, were Jeremiah Richardson and 49 HenryDavidThoreau Jonas Parker, both of Shirley. They ha... ...ing such as is used to carry barrels, and they were travelling west ward. Richardson was questioned by the Hon. Ephraim Wood, Esq., and he said that ... ...enter into a new canoe, and do engage to pray to God hereafter.’” One “Mr. Richard Daniel, a gentleman that lived in Billerica,” who with other “perso...