tailieunhanh - Ivanhoe- Sir Walter Scott -Chapter 13

Ivanhoe- Sir Walter Scott -Chapter 13 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott Chapter 13 Heroes approach Atrides thus aloud Stand forth distinguish d from the circling crowd Ye who by skill or manly force may claim Your rivals to surpass and merit fame. This cow worth twenty oxen is decreed For him who farthest sends the winged reed. Iliad The name of Ivanhoe was no sooner pronounced than it flew from mouth to mouth with all the celerity with which eagerness could convey and curiosity receive it. It was not long ere it reached the circle of the Prince whose brow darkened as he heard the news. Looking around him however with an air of scorn My Lords said he and especially you Sir Prior what think ye of the doctrine the learned tell us concerning innate attractions and antipathies Methinks that I felt the presence of my brother s minion even when I least guessed whom yonder suit of armour enclosed. Front-de-Boeuf must prepare to restore his fief of Ivanhoe said De Bracy who having discharged his part honourably in the tournament had laid his shield and helmet aside and again mingled with the Prince s retinue. Ay answered Waldemar Fitzurse this gallant is likely to reclaim the castle and manor which Richard assigned to him and which your Highness s generosity has since given to Front-de-Boeuf. Front-de-Boeuf replied John is a man more willing to swallow three manors such as Ivanhoe than to disgorge one of them. For the rest sirs I hope none here will deny my right to confer the fiefs of the crown upon the faithful followers who are around me and ready to perform the usual military service in the room of those who have wandered to foreign Countries and can neither render homage nor service when called upon. The audience were too much interested in the question not to pronounce the Prince s assumed right altogether indubitable. A generous Prince a most noble Lord who thus takes upon himself the task of rewarding his faithful followers Such were the words which burst from the train expectants all of them of similar grants