 good as his word, when, on ascending the throne of Brittany, the Earl of Perche became his vassal. We cannot know what measures were used to force this degradation on the reluctant and high-spirited Constance; it is only certain that she...  England - 133 ページNīlakaṇṭha Mimaṃsakabhaṭṭa (son of Ṣaṇkara.) 著 - 1872全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Henry Neele - 1828 - 382 ページ
...significant gesture, " that while wolves are prowling o'er the plain, the lamb should seek for a hidingplace in the forest. — But we lose time " " In truth we...obeisance to the Dauphin, departed from the cathedral. • Dugdale. ii 2 The next morning by daybreak the castle resounded with the busy note of preparation,... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 ページ
...that?" The earl disdainfully replied — " I vow to God, and to our lady, whose church stands before me, that before to-morrow evening, I will seem to thee...stronger, and greater and taller than yonder steeple." With these words he descendeil from the turrets into the castle. Before day-break, the next morning,... | |
 | Joseph Hemingway - 1831 - 478 ページ
...he) have we staid all this while for such a little man, such a dwarf? To whom Earl Randal replied, I vow to God and our Lady, whose church this is, that...before to-morrow evening, I will seem to thee to be higher than that steeple. — King John gave to this Randal Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire,... | |
 | Joseph Hemingway - 1831 - 476 ページ
...he) have we staid all this while for such a little man, such a dwarf f To whom Earl Randal replied, / vow to God and our Lady. whose church this is, that...before to-morrow evening, I will seem to thee to be higher than that steeple. — King John gave to this Randal Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire,... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 ページ
...that?" The earl disdainfully replied — " I vow to God, and to our lady, whose church stands before me, that before to-morrow evening, I will seem to thee...stronger, and greater and taller than yonder steeple." With these words he descended from the turrets into the castle. Before day-break, the next morning,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1833 - 362 ページ
...insignificant person, and called him contemptuously, " Dwarf.'1'' " Sayst thou so !" replied Randal ; " I vow to God and our Lady, whose church this is, that ere long I will seem to thee high as that steeple !" He was as good as his word, when, on ascending... | |
 | Mary Saunders - 1836 - 316 ページ
...so, my Lord de Perche !" exclaimed the earl, his eyes flashing file ; " I vow to God and Our Lad v, whose church this is, that before to-morrow evening I will seem to thee stronger, and greater, and taller than yonder steeple." Л smile of defiance passed between the barons,... | |
 | John Gough Nichols - 1846 - 622 ページ
...Have we stayed here all this while for the coming of such a dwarf? " To which Earl Ranulph replied, " I vow to God and our Lady, whose church this is, that...thee to be stronger, and greater, and taller than that steeple." Thus parting, he betook himself to the castle. On the next morning the Comte of Perche,... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1850 - 530 ページ
...Have we stayed here all this while for the coming of such a dwarf 1 " To which Earl Ranulph replied, " I vow to God and our Lady, whose church this is, that...thee to be stronger, and greater, and taller than that steeple." Thus parting, he betook himself to the castle. On the next morning, the Comte of Perche,... | |
 | 1850 - 538 ページ
...Have we stayed here all this while for the coming of such a dwarf ? " To which Earl Ranulph replied, " I vow to God and our Lady, whose church this is, that...thee to be stronger, and greater, and taller than that steeple." Thus parting, he betook himself to the castle. On the next morning, the Comte of Perche,... | |
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