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Updated: June 29, 2025
The Court is a city by itself, walled and moated, and hath a life all its own. 'If there be found ten honest men within the city yet will I save it, saith the Lord. By my father's head, I would not risk a finger on the hazard if this city, this Court of Elizabeth were set 'twixt the fire from Heaven and eternal peace.
Of how Dame Melicent's fond lovers go As comrades, working each his fellow's woe: Each hath unhorsed the other of the twain, And knoweth that nowhither 'twixt Ukraine And Ormus roameth any lion's son More eager in the hunt than Perion, Nor any viper's sire more venomous Through jealous hurt than is Demetrios. How Time Sped with Perion
He dropped his head suddenly and closed his eyes in reverence. "For what we are about to partake of, Lord, make us duly thankful. Amen!" His countenance became animated again. "Try them biscuit. I made 'em this morning 'twixt Marcy Coe selectin' that piece of gingham for a new dress and John Peckham buying cordage for his smack. But they warmed up right nice in the oven."
Come, hands for the dance! For the toil hath been mickle, And 'twixt haysel and harvest 'tis time to be blithe. And what shall the tale be now dancing is over, And kind on the meadow sits maiden by man, And the old man bethinks him of days of the lover, And the warrior remembers the field that he wan?
And every motion, odour, beam, and tone, With that deep music is in unison: Which is a soul within a soul they seem Like echoes of an antenatal dream. It is an isle 'twixt heaven, air, earth, and sea, Cradled, and hung in clear tranquillity; Bright as that wandering Eden, Lucifer, Washed by the soft blue oceans of young air. It is a favoured place.
The wounds he carried were got by interposing his own sword 'twixt death and me." "And that hath need of recompense?" "My life was little worth the wounds he suffered; but I waited not until he saved it to owe it unto him. All that it is was his before he drew the sword."
Manners, Hare overheard a part of a pow-wow 'twixt him and the duke at the Bedford Arms, and Chartersea has all but owned in some of his drunken fits that our little fop is in his power." "Then she is in love with some one else," I said. "I tell you she is not," said Comyn, still more emphatically; "and you can write that down in red in your table book.
The pretty languor of early summer laughed in the air. Their situation, 'twixt earth and heaven, had a little sensuous charm. Doria replied sentimentally: "Yes, a little house, covered with clematis, on a ledge of cliff, with the sea-gulls wheeling about it bringing messages from the sunset lands across the blue, blue sea " Poor dear!
"I went to the biggest jewelry shop in town, and I bought a pair of diamond ear-rings, and put them in my pocket, and went to the house. 'What name? says the chap who opened the door; and he looked like a cross 'twixt a restaurant waiter and a parson.
"Aha!" laughed the farmer, dismissing her, "they soon learn the difference 'twixt the young 'un and the old 'un. Go along, Luce! and learn yer lessons for to-morrow." Reluctantly the daughter of the Royal Navy glided away. Her uncle's head followed her to the door, where she dallied to catch a last impression of the young stranger's lowering face, and darted through.
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