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He would overtake and kill me before I could make shift to gain that place of refuge. But I bethought me of the secret chamber and its story, and methought I might slip in unseen did I but watch my opportunity, find my way up the winding stair to this room, and so to the secret chamber beyond." "And thou didst?" "Ay, I did, the very next morning. I saw thee and thy brothers sally forth a-hunting.
and in the shore-bloom that came to us even from that desert of sand-hillocks methought I could almost distinguish the fragrance of the rose-bush my sisters and I had planted, in our far inland garden at home. Delicious odors are those of our mother Earth; which like a flower-pot set with a thousand shrubs, greets the eager voyager from afar.
"Well, well," quoth the King, "let it pass; only I tell thee this, Allan, thou shouldst turn thy songs to such matters as I spoke of, to wit, love or war; for in sooth thou hast a sweeter voice than Blondell, and methought he was the best minstrel that ever I heard."
She panted and leant against the wall, as she faintly exclaimed, 'The Temple there and alone! 'Nay, Lady, methought as Monsieur votre mari knew the true light, you would fear no vain terror nor power of darkness. Should these peasants these villeins be bold, and see the descendant of the 'bravest of knights, the daughter of the house of Ribaumont, afraid?
"Methought the brother pleaded with marvelous eloquence on behalf of his sister," said Ibrahim, with a smile; and raising Calanthe from her suppliant posture, he led her to a seat, gazing on her the while with eyes expressive of intense passion.
Farther within its depths, you perceive a bottom of pure white sand, sparkling through the transparent water, which, methought, was the very purest liquid in the world. After Mr. Emerson left us, Hillard and I bathed in the pond, and it does really seem as if my spirit, as well as corporeal person, were refreshed by that bath.
Sir W. Coventry answered: "I see your Majesty do not remember the old English proverb, 'He that will not stoop for a pin, will never be worth a pound." And so they parted, the King bidding him do as he would; which, methought, was an answer not like a King that did intend ever to do well. 3rd. At the office all the morning with Mr.
Besides Gascoyne and Wilkes, he found gathered in the dormitory six or eight of the company of squires who were to serve that day upon household duty; among others, Walter Blunt and three other bachelors, who were changing their coarse service clothes for others more fit for the household. "Why didst thou tarry so long, Myles?" said Gascoyne, as he entered. "Methought thou wert never coming."
She had told the Pernharts what were the fears which had brought her into the town, so the chamber was presently cleared, and the master called away Mistress Giovanna after that my aunt had expressed her admiration of her rare charms. As I too was now preparing to retire, which methought but seemly Aunt Jacoba beckoned me to stay.
Yet she never loses the consciousness that she is in her bed and surrounded by others. Notice, for instance: "After this, I saw with bodily sight in the face of the crucifix that hung before me," &c. "The cross that stood before my face, methought it bled fast." "For this sight I laughed mightily, and made them to laugh that were about me."
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