Черная стрела (сборник)

Собака бежит туда, куда ей велит хозяин

"Sir knight," observed the messenger, with bitterness, "while that ye are here, roaring for five hundred pounds, the realm of England is elsewhere being lost and won."

Panic-stricken troops recover slowly, and men who have just disgraced themselves by cowardice, as if to wipe out the memory of their fault, will sometimes run straight into the opposite extreme of insubordination.

Сэр, молите бога даровать вам трудную жизнь, тогда вам легче будет умирать.

просьба без даров — все равно что песня без музыки

“And now, Sir Richard,” he continued, “if that ye see Lord Risingham, send me an express upon the instant. Were it your last man, let me hear of it incontinently. I had rather venture the post than lose my stroke at him. For mark me, all of ye,” he added, raising his voice, “if Earl Risingham fall by another hand than mine, I shall count this victory a defeat.”

Here we are in good hands; we shall be justly tried, and, some time this evening, decently hanged on the same tree.

Простите, что я выражаю так просто мои простые мысли, но когда девушка очень смела, то бедному мужчине приходится быть еще смелее.

To the eye of a modern it would have looked like the sack of a city; to the eye of a contemporary it was like any other rich and noble household at a festive season.

От свадьбы, как от смерти, никуда не уйдешь, — проговорил Дик покорно.