Valerius: A Roman StoryW. Blackwood, 1856 - 361 Seiten |
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Seite 340 - Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave.
Seite 96 - I cannot say ; but so it was, that those who bad cried out to give him a chance of recovery, were speedily silent, and the Emperor looking round, and seeing all the thumbs turned downwards, (for that is, you know, the signal of death,) was constrained to give the sign, and forthwith the young man, receiving again without a struggle the sword of the Moor into his gashed bosom, breathed forth his life, and lay stretched out in his blood upon the place of guilt.
Seite 94 - Silurian or Caledonian forest. As they moved around the arena, some of these men were saluted by the whole multitude with noisy acclamations, in token, I supposed, of the approbation wherewith the feats of some former festival had deserved to be remembered. On the appearance of others, groans and hisses were heard from some parts of the amphitheatre, mixed with contending cheers and huzzas from others of the spectators. But by far the greater part were suffered to pass on in silence : — this...
Seite 69 - I know not," said the soldier; " but I know the tune well — I have heard it played many a night with hautboy, clarion, and dulcimer, on the high walls of Jerusalem, while the city was beleaguered.
Seite 95 - ... arena before the eyes of the multitude. Instead of shrinking from the more desperate brutalities of these latter conflicts, the almost certainty of their fatal termination seemed only to make the assembly gaze on them with a more intense curiosity, and a more inhuman measure of delight. Methinks I feel as if it were but of yesterday, when, — sickened with the protracted terrors of a conflict, that seemed as if it were never to have an end, although both the combatants were already covered all...
Seite 95 - Look, look, now look,' in a voice of low steady impatience. I did look, but not to the arena : No ; it was upon the beautiful features of that woman's face that I looked, and truly it seemed to me as if they presented a spectacle almost as fearful as that from which I had just averted mine eyes.
Seite 96 - ... as if the wounded man regarded the multitude with a proud, and withal contemptuous glance, being aware, without question, that he had executed all things so as to deserve their compassion, but aware moreover, that even had that been freely vouchsafed to him, it was too late for any hope of safety. But the cruelty of their faces, it may be, and the loudness of their cries, were a sorrow to him, and filled his dying breast with loathing. Whether or not the haughtiness of his countenance had been...
Seite 94 - Amphitheatre, mixed with contending cheers aud huzzas from others of the spectators. But by far the greater part were suffered to pass on in silence; — this being in all likelihood the first — alas! who could tell whether it might not also be the last day of their sharing in that fearful exhibition! Their masters paired them shortly, and in succession they began to make proof of their fatal skill. At first, Scythian was matched against Scythian — Greek against Greek — Ethiopian against Ethiopian...
Seite 70 - I know not," quoth the soldier, " whether it be or not, but I am sure it sounds not like any music of sorrow ; and yet what plaintive tones are in the part of that female voice !" " The bass sounds triumphantly, in good sooth.
Seite 170 - The moon is thine, and round her orb A thousand sweet stars minister, Whose twinkling rays dark wells absorb, And all the wide seas drink them far and near. " They kiss the wide sea, and swift smiles Of gladness o'er the waters creep ; Old hoary rocks rejoice, and isles, And there is glory on the slumbering deep. " Afar — Along the black hill's side, Right blithe of heart the wanderers go. While that soft radiance, far and wide, Gleams on the winding streams and woods below. " And gaily for the...