| Ivanhoe |
| 1 | IVANHOE By Sir Walter Scott I Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome, The full-fed swine return'd with evening home; Compell'd, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries. Pope's Odyssey. |
| 2 | In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. |
| 3 | Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. |
| 4 | Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I, when his return from his long captivity had become an event rather wished than hoped for by his despairing subjects, who were in the meantime subjected to every species of subordinate oppression. |
| 5 | The nobles, whose power had become exorbitant during the reign of Stephen, and whom the prudence of Henry the Second had scarce reduced to some degree of subjection to the crown, had now resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent; despising the feeble interference of the English Council of State,. |
| 6 | fortifying their castles, increasing the number of their dependants, reducing all around them to a state of vassalage, and striving by every means in their power, to place themselves each at the head of such forces as might enable him to make a figure in the national convulsions which appeared to be impending. |
| 7 | The situation of the inferior gentry, or Franklins, as they were called, who, by the law and spirit of the English constitution, were entitled to hold themselves independent of feudal tyranny, became now unusually precarious. |
| 8 | If, as was most generally the case, they placed themselves under the protection of any of the petty kings in their vicinity, accepted of feudal offices in his household, or bound themselves by mutual treaties of alliance and protection, to support him in his enterprises,. |
| 9 | they might indeed purchase temporary repose; but it must be with the sacrifice of that independence which was so dear to every English bosom, and at the certain hazard of being involved as a party in whatever rash expedition the ambition of their protector might lead him to undertake. |
| 10 | On the other hand, such and so multiplied were the means of vexation and oppression possessed by the great Barons, that they never wanted the pretext, and seldom the will, to harass and pursue, even to the very edge of destruction,. |
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Очень рада за твои успехи! Дальнейшего освоения английской раскладки!
Спасибо за поздравление! Взаимно!
Я сделала это! Мой личный рекорд в "Ivanhoe" - 1 500 текстов!
А сейчас по порядку. Набрав, "Войну и мир", "Айвенго"..., где-то осенью я решила, наконец, начать осваивать английскую клавиатуру. Откуда я упала, не спрашивайте, сама не знаю: не иначе, как Сударушка наколдовала :) Но для обучения я замахнулась на Вальтера нашего Скотта! Ну. думаю, по тексту в день потихоньку буду набирать, как получится.
Начала со скорости 40 знаков! Думала над каждой буквой. Это надо было видеть, как я на стёртой клавиатуре искала "?" ! И надо же, случайно прицепилась в соревнованиях к Igem! И ведь обычно наберёшь свой текст - и дальше идёшь. А так случилось, что Igem сквозь смех и слёзы увидел мои ковыряния - и написал письмо, где "послал меня" на Typing.com! А я-то безрезультатно искала что-нибудь такое... И вообще надавал мне кучу советов.
Успехи, конечно, скромняцкие: набрать, конечно, не успела. И скорость - повеселю под новый год гонщиков - 170, но иногда даже 200 с копейкой! Главное, полюбила набирать по-английски!
Сударушка, Igem, спасибо! Всех с Новым годом!
думаю, что это камфора (в устаревшем написании) и опечатки нет.
Обращать внимание стоит, только об опечатках лучше сообщать с помощью специальной функции КГ.
Пожалуйста!
a cluster of campHire
Возможно a cluster of campFire
Не знаю, правда, стоит ли обращать внимание на такие мелочи. Если что не так, извините.
В любом случае, спасибо за книгу.
Автору словаря большое спасибо за труд!
Не язык, - гравюра! )))
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