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... into it. Edward the first King of England, in the long wars he had with Robert King of Scotland, having by triall found how greatly his presence a... ...avour fell of themselves. And Bouchet borroweth of some author, that King Robert beleagring a Citie, and leaving secretly stolne away from the siege ... ...me how strong and goodly soever it be. They are handsome weapons, but ill hafted. How often have I seene the experience of it! Now if you come to ex... ...e through despaire, and run to downefall, and (as the saying is) cast the haft after the hatchet. I grow obstinate in empairing; and esteeme my selfe...

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Excerpt: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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...on A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Universit... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Class... ...y The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Robert Louis Stevenson T reasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson TREASURE ... ...o watch ships off. What you mought call me? You mought call me captain. 5 Robert Louis Stevenson Oh, I see what you’re at—there”; and he threw down t... ...o pretended to admire him, calling him a “true sea-dog” and a “real old 7 Robert Louis Stevenson salt” and such like names, and saying there was the ... ...hat had rifled it; he had found the treasure; he had dug it up (it was the haft of his pick-axe that lay broken in the excavation); he had carried it ...

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...make a dash— and begin Wandering Willie’s T ale. Ye maun have heard of Sir Robert Redgauntlet of that Ilk, who lived in these parts before the dear ye... ...ake ready—present— fire!’—and there lay the recusant. Far and wide was Sir Robert hated and feared. Men thought he had a direct compact with Satan—tha... ...and liked little to see the blude rin, though, being obliged to follow Sir Robert in hunting and hoisting, watching and warding, he saw muckle mischie... ...o crawing what they wad do with their auld enemies, and in special wi’ Sir Robert Redgauntlet. But there were ower mony great folks 115 Sir W alter S... ... a spick and span new warld. So Parliament passed it a’ ower easy; and Sir Robert, bating that he was held to hunting foxes instead of Cov- enanters, ... ...ULD, place of abode. HAVINGS, behaviour. HEFTED, closed, as a knife in its haft. HELLICAT , extravagant, light-headed. HEMPEY, rogue. HET, hot. HEUCK,...

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...e excellent chaplain, Adam de Marisco, a pupil and dis- ciple of the great Robert Grostete, Bishop of Lincoln. His elder brothers had early left this ... ...o you, saying she had received your bounty.” “It is Blind Hal’s child, Sir Robert!” exclaimed a serving- brother in black, coming eagerly forward; “th... ...t his child in the throng!” “What brought he her there for?” exclaimed Sir Robert. “Poor fool! his wits must have forsaken him!” “The child had a crav... ...he Page we lent the Abbey for the show.” “Right, Brother Hilary,” said Sir Robert; “and now the poor knave will have his best healing.—He must have be... ... must soon be shut out! She turns the heads of all our brethren,” said Sir Robert, smiling. “Wild work she makes with our novices.” “Wilder with our K... ...r the wound. The dagger had gone deep between the ribs, and little but the haft could be seen. “Poisoned?” Edward asked, looking up at Simon. “No. It ...

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... ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, pretend to have approached the task with the same feelings; for the candid Robertson himself confesses having felt the prejudices with which a Scottishman is tempted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a ...

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...etend to have ap- proached the task with the same feelings; for the candid Robertson himself confesses having felt the prejudices with which a Scottis... ...f Leicester’s wife was murdered, of which this is the story fol- lowing:— “Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly w... ...rl himself condemned as not done advisedly), which her father, or Sir John Robertsett (as I suppose), hearing of, came with all speed hither, caused h... ...o he died.”—Ben Jonson ’s Information to Drummond of Hawthornden, Ms., Sir Robert Sibbald’s copy.] The same accusation has been adopted and circulated... ...rne. “Art thou a comrade of Foster’s, good fellow?” “Sworn friends, as the haft is to the knife,” replied Michael Lambourne. “Here is a broad piece fo... ...proached to the Earl con- firmed that suspicion. “Good even to you, Master Robert Laneham,” said Leices- ter, and seemed desirous to pass forward, wit... ...ing, blasphemous fa- natic, answer me that.” “I will stick my knife to the haft in him,” said Foster, in a low tone, which trembled with passion. “For...

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...the rough table, where Uncle Salters was drumming impatiently with a knife-haft. A tub of salt water lay at his feet. “You pitch to Dan an’ Tom Platt ... ...ost overboard. “February 23d.-Schooner Gilbert Hope; went astray in dory , Robert Beavon, 29, married, native of Pubnico, Nova Scotia.” But his wife w...

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...the story was published with an En glish version and a glossary by the Rev. Robert Williams in the first volume of his Selections from the Hengwrt M... ...ire in the left side with the knife and thrusteth it into his body up to the haft. The squire, that lay in the hall at Cardoil, and had dreamed this, ... ..., “Look you there! Lo, here is the knife that was run into my side up to the haft!” After that, he setteth his hand to his hose where the candlestick ...

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...eful scowl, and with a fierce, yet hesitating motion, laid his hand on the haft of his knife; but the interference of Prior Aymer, who pushed his mule... ... Richard’s title of primogeniture more decidedly certain than that of Duke Robert of Normandy, the Conqueror’s eldest son? And yet William the Red, an... ...broth- ers, were successively preferred to him by the voice of the nation, Robert had every merit which can be pleaded for Ri- chard; he was a bold kn... ...ood knight, called for the present Le Noir Faineant, and the stout yeoman, Robert Locksley, called Cleave-the-wand, Do you, Reginald Front de-Boeuf, a... ...ho knows, with thy sincere repentance and due gifts to the shrine of Saint Robert, what grace thou mayst acquire for thyself and thy daughter Rebecca?... ...d it make his peace with King Richard? And forgettest thou, De Bracy, that Robert Estoteville lies betwixt thee and Hull with all his forces, and that...

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...quickened eyelids, eyelids hand: Hand for sword at right Groped, the great haft spanned. XIV Wonder struck to ice his people’s eyes: Him they saw, the... ...egged on boxing-gloves. 506 ON HEARING THE NEWS FROM VENICE (THE DEATH OF ROBERT BROWNING) Now dumb is he who waked the world to speak, And voiceless...

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...Lockhart of Lee and Gartland made a consider- able figure in the reigns of Robert the Bruce and of his son David. He was one of the chief of that band... ...n. Be active a bit, man, wilt thou, and just force open his teeth with the haft of thy dudgeon-dagger.” “Hold, hold—he is conformable,” said T omalin;...

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...a feverish and trembling band, drew from it a small poniard, with a golden haft and a sharp thin blade, and then threw herself with a bound upon D’Art... ....” “Without doubt. And you will tell him I will publish the report of Bois-Robert and the Marquis de Beautru, upon the interview which the duke had at...

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...roperties; in the number of which are reck- oned Whippot, Orlando Furioso, Robert the Devil, Fierabras, 175 Rabelais William without Fear, Huon of Bo... ... I understand, said Thaumast, but what? making such a sign that he put the haft of his dagger against his breast, and upon the point thereof the flat ... ... waggishly singing: 522 Gargantua & Pantagruel Since tools without their hafts are useless lumber, And hatchets without helves are of that number; ... ...p-gobbet. Pudding-bag. Rinse-pot. Scurvy-phiz. Pig-sticker. Drink-spiller. Robert. He invented Robert’s sauce, so good and neces- sary for roasted con... ...a fifth kind of cucullati newly stamped. He added that he had been told by Robert Valbringue, who lately passed that way in his return from Africa, th...

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...oved beyond a doubt that a man is periodi- cally renewed throughout—” “New haft, new blade, like Jeannot’s knife, and yet you think that he is still t... ...vurnished, und Malfina is truly ein dreashure.’ “ “I seem to hear that old Robert Macaire of a Nucingen himself,” said Finot. 34 The Firm of Nucingen... ...otemkin, each with his hundreds of millions of francs, and a conscientious Robert Lindet that could make nothing out of assignats and national propert...