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Title: Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Subjects: Literature Allusions Fiction.
Publisher: New York,: E. Hess
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
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nd Ansaldo,in the Decameron. Blandnioui (Sir), a man of micklemight, who bore great sway in arms andchivalry, but was both vainglorious and ^een Elanchelys and the Pilgrim J. N. Paton, Artist D. Desvachez, Engraver X^ H, what do ye bring out of theC/ fight. Thus hid beneath these boughs ?One that shall be thy guest to-night.And yet shall not carouse.Queen, in thy house. Uncover ye his face, she said,O, changed in little space! She cried, O pale that was so red IO God, O God of grace ICover his face ! His sword was broken in his handWhere he had hissed the blade, O soft steel that could not withstand!O my hard heart unstayed !That prayed and prayed ! His bloodied banner crossed his mouth Where he had kissed her name.O east, and west, and north, andsouth.Fair flew my web for shame.To guide Deaths aim ! The tints were shredded from his shield Where he had kissed her face,O, of all gifts that I could yield.Death only keeps its place.My gift and grace ! D. G. Rossettis The Staff and Scrip.
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BLANDMOUR 139 BLEEDESra-HEART YARD insolent. He attacked Britomart, but wasdiscomfited by her enchanted spear; henest attacked sir Ferrangh, and havingovercome him took him from the lady whoaccompanied him, the False Florimel.—Spenser, Faery Queen, iv. 1 (1596). BlandevUle (Lady Emily), a neighborof the Waverley family, afterwards mar-ried to colonel Talbot.—Sir W. Scott,Waverley (time, George II.). Blandford, the father of Behnda, whohe promised sir William Bellmont shouldmarry his son George. But Behnda wasin love with Beverley, and George Bell-mont with Clarissa (Beverleys sister). Ul-timately matters arranged themselves, sothat the lovers married according to theirinclinations.—A. Murphy, All in theWrong (1761). Blandimaiijthe faithful man-servant ofthe fair Bellisant, and her attendant afterher divorce.— Valentine and Orson. Blandina, wife of the churlish knightTurpin, who refused hospitality to sir Cale-pine and his lady Serena (canto 3). Shehad the art of a suasive tong

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