Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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Pagina 3
... alarm bells , and the eye to a yet more formidable sign of steady resistance ; the numerous horsemen , who hung upon their rear . Bold , hardy , and well inured to war , the Scottish knight or baron claimed no distinction over his ...
... alarm bells , and the eye to a yet more formidable sign of steady resistance ; the numerous horsemen , who hung upon their rear . Bold , hardy , and well inured to war , the Scottish knight or baron claimed no distinction over his ...
Pagina 12
... pitched one of his opponents by his leg out of the saddle , vaulted into his seat , and con- tinued the fight till he was rescued by his friends . Amiable , as well as brave , this noble scion of an heroic stock , on the alarm ( 12 )
... pitched one of his opponents by his leg out of the saddle , vaulted into his seat , and con- tinued the fight till he was rescued by his friends . Amiable , as well as brave , this noble scion of an heroic stock , on the alarm ( 12 )
Pagina 13
Jane West. noble scion of an heroic stock , on the alarm being given that the horse were overthrown , rushed into the battle without his distinguishing mail , and fell among the heaps of his slaughtered countrymen , sorely lamented even ...
Jane West. noble scion of an heroic stock , on the alarm being given that the horse were overthrown , rushed into the battle without his distinguishing mail , and fell among the heaps of his slaughtered countrymen , sorely lamented even ...
Pagina 21
... alarm at being circumscribed in her actions , by a guard of strangers placed over her by the King , was so extreme , that she readily acceded to a plan propounded through the agency of Beatrice , to put on a hood and surplice , and in ...
... alarm at being circumscribed in her actions , by a guard of strangers placed over her by the King , was so extreme , that she readily acceded to a plan propounded through the agency of Beatrice , to put on a hood and surplice , and in ...
Pagina 61
... alarm and distress his glances had often given her , had not her attendant broached an idea infinitely more painful , by seeming to doubt if Lancaster ever loved her . Was it pity or affection , she inquired , which induced him to re ...
... alarm and distress his glances had often given her , had not her attendant broached an idea infinitely more painful , by seeming to doubt if Lancaster ever loved her . Was it pity or affection , she inquired , which induced him to re ...
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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