Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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Pagina 257
... that convent from the attacks of these spoilers , and the nuns occupied themselves in allaying the distresses of their neighbours . Their abbess , Lady Emmeline of Thoulouse , was descended from a house known ( 257 )
... that convent from the attacks of these spoilers , and the nuns occupied themselves in allaying the distresses of their neighbours . Their abbess , Lady Emmeline of Thoulouse , was descended from a house known ( 257 )
Pagina 259
... Lady Emmeline : cautious in delivering her opinions on points of faith , and somewhat lax in her monastic regulations , it was her chief study to make her sisterhood happy , and her generous ambition that the purity and utility of their ...
... Lady Emmeline : cautious in delivering her opinions on points of faith , and somewhat lax in her monastic regulations , it was her chief study to make her sisterhood happy , and her generous ambition that the purity and utility of their ...
Pagina 264
... Lady Emmeline's hand , said , with a sigh that seemed to burst her heart , " Every tie is now dissolved . " The abbess too well knew the nature of grief , to consider its first dictates as decisive . She perceived that resentment ...
... Lady Emmeline's hand , said , with a sigh that seemed to burst her heart , " Every tie is now dissolved . " The abbess too well knew the nature of grief , to consider its first dictates as decisive . She perceived that resentment ...
Pagina 266
... Lady Emmeline , with a self - reproach 1 99 ster . ' 66 for the quickness of her ( 266 )
... Lady Emmeline , with a self - reproach 1 99 ster . ' 66 for the quickness of her ( 266 )
Pagina 268
... Lady Emmeline inquired after her child , and the woes of Alicia assumed a different , but not less agonizing character . In de- scribing her loss of him , she added ; " Had he been dead , I should have been content that nothing of me ...
... Lady Emmeline inquired after her child , and the woes of Alicia assumed a different , but not less agonizing character . In de- scribing her loss of him , she added ; " Had he been dead , I should have been content that nothing of me ...
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abbess affection affliction Agatha alarm Alicia Amesbury answered arms army attire banner baron Beatrice beauty Bishop Bishop of Exeter blessing bosom Canford child Conradine Countess of Lancaster court cruelty daughter dear death Earl of Lancaster Earl of Surrey Edward endeavoured England English escape Eubulo exclaimed eyes faithful fate Father Nicholas favour fear feelings fortitude grave grief Guido habits hand happy heard heart heaven Henry Holland holy honour hope house of Lancaster husband impostor indulgence King Kirklee knight Lady Emmeline looked Lord Surrey Matilda ment mercy mind misery monk Montford mother never noble numbers nuptial passions peace Pendergrass pious pity Plantagenet Pontefract prayers Prince recollected replied returned Robert Holland saint Sandal castle Scots shew silent Simon de Montford Sir Hilary solemn soon sorrow soul surely surprize Surrey's sword tears thee Thomas Plantagenet thou thought tion trembling veil weep wife Wimborn minster wish woes
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Pagina 252 - Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worship'd stocks and stones, Forget not: in thy book record their groans.
Pagina 295 - hearts so touch'd, so pierc'd, so lost as mine. Ere such a soul regains its peaceful state, How often must it love, how often hate I How often hope, despair, resent, regret, Conceal,
Pagina 74 - with fins of lead, And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye ! — Trust ye? With every minute you do change a mind, And call
Pagina 148 - Lean not on earth, •twill pierce thce to the heart: A broken reed at best; but oft a spear. On its sharp point Peace bleeds, and Hope expires.
Pagina 21 - Nor peace nor ease the heart can know, Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too. A
Pagina 165 - I dare not wait upon I would, like the poor cat i' the adage.
Pagina 1 - side, • Great Xerxes comes to seize the certain prey, "And starves exhausted regions in his way,; Attendant flattery counts his myriads o'er;
Pagina 187 - Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposite.
Pagina 336 - And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while
Pagina 333 - the sayings of another are esteemed, thine slighted ; others ask and obtain, thou beggest, and art refused; they are cried up, thou disgraced; and while they are employed, thou art laid by as fit for nothing; or an unworthy person commands thee, and rules thee