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... young widowed Lady of Carrick , fair and bright as the day , with a valuable merlin on her gloved hand , for those were times when such sports were enjoyed . Evidently she had given up grieving for her stern old lord , and was amusing ...
... young widowed Lady of Carrick , fair and bright as the day , with a valuable merlin on her gloved hand , for those were times when such sports were enjoyed . Evidently she had given up grieving for her stern old lord , and was amusing ...
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... young Richard II . , who was only ten years old when he took up that heavy crown , which Bolingbroke was to snatch from his weak hands ; and next , because of the bold doings of John Philpot Maior , " of whom the citizens might well be ...
... young Richard II . , who was only ten years old when he took up that heavy crown , which Bolingbroke was to snatch from his weak hands ; and next , because of the bold doings of John Philpot Maior , " of whom the citizens might well be ...
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... young Richard , and acknowledged him as their king , and on his entry into London had met him in splendid procession , and shown him a stately pageant , erected at Chepe in honour of his coming - it seemed like a castle and from it ...
... young Richard , and acknowledged him as their king , and on his entry into London had met him in splendid procession , and shown him a stately pageant , erected at Chepe in honour of his coming - it seemed like a castle and from it ...
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... with success , and misuse it shamefully in very ignorance of self - restraint ? At last they met the young king with sixty horsemen , face to face , before the Abbey of St. Bartholomew , Smithfield , and 10 BRAVE LIVES AND NOBLE .
... with success , and misuse it shamefully in very ignorance of self - restraint ? At last they met the young king with sixty horsemen , face to face , before the Abbey of St. Bartholomew , Smithfield , and 10 BRAVE LIVES AND NOBLE .
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... young girl heard little except the wrongs of France and the evil plight of Orleans . The loyal hearts of peasants burned at the recital ; only the populace of Paris could bear patiently with this Anglo - Burgundian confederacy , which ...
... young girl heard little except the wrongs of France and the evil plight of Orleans . The loyal hearts of peasants burned at the recital ; only the populace of Paris could bear patiently with this Anglo - Burgundian confederacy , which ...
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Page 113 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Page 119 - Lord, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this thy grace must give.
Page 183 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father ; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Page 37 - Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet, in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...
Page 319 - ... painted The ruddy tints of health On haggard face and form that drooped and fainted In the fierce race for wealth; Till one arose, and from his pack's scant treasure A hoarded volume drew, And cards were dropped from hands of listless leisure To hear the tale anew; And then, while round them shadows gathered faster, And as the fire-light fell, He read aloud the book wherein the Master Had writ of "Little Nell...
Page 167 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Page 193 - Where may the wearied eye repose When gazing on the great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state ? Yes — one — the first — the last — the best— The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but One !
Page 299 - This was the noblest Roman of them all; All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 317 - It is wonderful to me how I could have been so easily cast away at such an age. It is wonderful to me, that, even after my descent into the poor little drudge I had been since we came to London, no one had compassion enough on me — a child of singular abilities, quick, eager, delicate, and soon hurt, bodily or mentally...
Page 187 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee, Leave, ah ! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stay'd, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing-.