"Crusader" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... tombs, most of which have recumbent statues on them. One of these is Longsword, Earl of Salisbury, son of Fair Rosamond, in chain mail; and there are many other warriors and bishops, and one cross-legged Crusader, and on one tombstone a recumbent skeleton, which I have likewise seen in two or three other cathedrals. The pavement of the aisles and nave is laid in great part with flat tombstones, the inscriptions on which are half obliterated, and on the walls, ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume I. - Great Britain and Ireland • Various
... hopes of youth. She looked back at some verses that she had written, when first perceiving that life was to be her portion, where her own intended feelings were ascribed to a maiden who had taken the veil, believing her crusader slain, but who saw him return and lead a recluse life, with the light in her cell for his guiding star. She smiled sadly to find how far the imaginings of four and twenty transcended the powers of four and thirty; and how the ...
— The Clever Woman of the Family • Charlotte M. Yonge
... colour, showed the blood of another ancient ancestor of Northern race, and suited well with the voluptuous curves of the full, crimson lips. The purple-black eyes, the raven eyebrows and eyelashes, and the fine curve of the nostrils spoke of the Eastern blood of the far-back wife of the Crusader. Already she was tall for her age, with something of that lankiness which marks the early development of a really fine figure. Long-legged, long- necked, as straight as a lance, with head poised on the proud neck like ...
— The Man • Bram Stoker
... a modest woman?" asked the young crusader against established absurdities, as she came into the presence-chamber that evening ready ...
— A Modern Cinderella - or The Little Old Show and Other Stories • Louisa May Alcott
... the crusader, Count. But I cannot spare the Royal Roussillon. Think you you can hold Carillon with your ...
— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby
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