The Wolfe of Badenoch : a Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century 1
The book The Wolfe of Badenoch : a Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century 1 was written by author Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir, 1784-1848 Here you can read free online of The Wolfe of Badenoch : a Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Wolfe of Badenoch : a Historical Romance of the Fourteenth Century 1 a good or bad book?
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171 the courtesy of chivalry required. This night, however, he was animated and eloquent ; and the result was, that the Lady Isabelle retired to her couch at an unusually late hour, and de- clared to her handmaiden, Mary Hay, as she was undressing her, that Sir John Assueton was certainly the most gallant, witty, and agree- able knight she had ever had the good fortune to meet with. " But thou dost not think him so handsome as thy brother Sir Patrick, Lady ?" said the sly Miss Mary Hay. " Nay, ...as to that, Mary," replied the Lady Isabelle, " they are both handsome, yet both very diverse in their beauty. Thou knoWest that one is fair, and the other dark. My brother Sir Patrick and I do take our fair tint from our poor mother. Is it not common for fair to affect dark, and dark fair ? My father, thou seest, is dark, yet was my dear departed mother fair as the light of day. Is it unnatural, then, that I should esteem Sir John Assueton's olive tint of countenance, his speaking black eyes, his nobly- arched jet eyebrows, and the raven curls of his finely-formed head, more than the pure red and white complexion, the blue eyes, and the fair hair of my dear brother ?
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