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Knights and Dames of the Collar of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre (X)

       
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Ivanhoe

By: Sir Walter Scott

... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...assics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...sylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ...l the usual purposes of body-clothing; there was no wider open- ing at the collar, than was necessary to admit the passage of the head, from which it ... ..., but composed of mate- rials much finer than those which the rule of that order ad- mitted. His mantle and hood were of the best Flanders cloth, and ... ...en T urks and infidel Saracens; we islanders love not blows, save those of holy Church, who chasteneth whom she loveth.—Tell me, good fellow,” said he... ...the Saracens for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre; he is of the order of Knights T emplars, whom you may have heard of; he is half a monk, half a so... ...distinc- tion of the beautiful Jewess, scoffed and sneered at by the proud dames who sat above her, but secretly envied by those who affected to derid... ...om a state of violent emotion and high exci- tation to the stillness of an equestrian statue, “Sir Disinherited Knight,” said Prince John, “since that...

...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. ...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...ssics Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...cs Series Publication Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnish... ...sylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... his own single will in opposition to the necessities of France, which, in order to purchase a peace become necessary to the kingdom, was reduced to g... ... his hundred and eight fathers, whose portraits adorn the ancient walls of Holyrood; the broadswords have passed into other hands; the targets are use... ... unsullied. 44 Redgauntlet His shirt was without ruffles, and tied at the collar with a black ribbon, which showed his strong and muscular neck risin... ...—As I live, thou blushest! Why, do I not know thee an inveterate squire of dames? and have I not been in thy confidence? An elegant elbow, displayed w... ...liers may sometimes cast their eyes to that part of the person of the fair equestrians whom they chance occasionally to escort; and if they will conce... ... drawn from the garb of their masters, and, according to the custom of the knights of the rainbow, gave many hints that they were not people to serve ...

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Magnum Bonum or Mother Careys Brood

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...gnum Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...m Bonum, or Mother Carey’s Brood by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnish... ...syl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ...?” inquired Mrs. Brownlow. “You don’t want her to help to keep the boys in order?” “Thank you, I can do that better without her,” said Carey. “She exa... ... so, and so—” And so, the effects were apparent on Jock’s torn and stained collar and swelled nose. But the namesake champions remained unconvinced, e... ...r a year to a theological college, and test my fitness to offer myself for Holy Orders.” A look of satisfaction on his sister’s part made him add, “Pe... ...; but fancy being very sorry for one’s love!” “I thought you liked wounded knights?” “Wounded! Yes, but they’ve done something, and had glo- rious wou... ...eral melee, in which Jock danced successively with Cinderella and the fair equestrian of Banbury Cross, and lost sight of Fatima, till, just as he was... ...child for whom she had famished so long. Jock was such a perfect squire of dames, and so chivalrously charmed to be her escort, that her journey was d...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Joe Brownlow?s Fancy. The lady said, ?An orphan?s fate Is sad and hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she...

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