Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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Pagina 6
... children , as if this nation were a barren uninhabited country , or they only considered us as feeble persons fit for nothing but their pastime , as they have invented tortures which would be to us insufferable disgrace , as well • as ...
... children , as if this nation were a barren uninhabited country , or they only considered us as feeble persons fit for nothing but their pastime , as they have invented tortures which would be to us insufferable disgrace , as well • as ...
Pagina 10
... children of indolence , who think , when they are once roused to action , all difficul- ties are instantly subdued , Edward , as he advanced with his archers , saw the Scottish army fall upen their knees to recommend themselves to God ...
... children of indolence , who think , when they are once roused to action , all difficul- ties are instantly subdued , Edward , as he advanced with his archers , saw the Scottish army fall upen their knees to recommend themselves to God ...
Pagina 25
... child into her arms , she formed a project for its security . A trusty horse - boy sad- dled the roan hobby . She wrapped the young Sir Edmund in his mantle , drew her riding - hood over him , mounted , and passed the gates without ...
... child into her arms , she formed a project for its security . A trusty horse - boy sad- dled the roan hobby . She wrapped the young Sir Edmund in his mantle , drew her riding - hood over him , mounted , and passed the gates without ...
Pagina 26
... child during her journey ; to the free use of this cordial specific may be attributed her having strength to travel to Pontefract , with short intervals of rest and refreshment , till she sheltered herself and her precious charge within ...
... child during her journey ; to the free use of this cordial specific may be attributed her having strength to travel to Pontefract , with short intervals of rest and refreshment , till she sheltered herself and her precious charge within ...
Pagina 31
... punishments of the great , unremitting exertion and scanty support were , to the humbler children of Adam , happiness . ་ As Pontefract was too near the seat of war € 4 ( 31 ) But this career of promised pleasure was ...
... punishments of the great , unremitting exertion and scanty support were , to the humbler children of Adam , happiness . ་ As Pontefract was too near the seat of war € 4 ( 31 ) But this career of promised pleasure was ...
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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