Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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Pagina 14
... graves . At York , he collected the fugitives , who might still have been deemed a formidable body , if efficiency depended upon numbers . But the military spirit of the English was entirely broken ; and the Scottish histo- rians affirm ...
... graves . At York , he collected the fugitives , who might still have been deemed a formidable body , if efficiency depended upon numbers . But the military spirit of the English was entirely broken ; and the Scottish histo- rians affirm ...
Pagina 19
... , to avert the judgments with which England was visited , for what seemed in his estima- tion the foulest of crimes . He chose this season to remove the body of Gaves- ton from its obscure grave , and to re- inter ( 19 )
... , to avert the judgments with which England was visited , for what seemed in his estima- tion the foulest of crimes . He chose this season to remove the body of Gaves- ton from its obscure grave , and to re- inter ( 19 )
Pagina 20
Jane West. ton from its obscure grave , and to re- inter it , with a profusion of expence , in a royal sepulture . He invited the princi- pal spiritual and temporal lords to assist at the ceremony ; but , either deeming the procession ...
Jane West. ton from its obscure grave , and to re- inter it , with a profusion of expence , in a royal sepulture . He invited the princi- pal spiritual and temporal lords to assist at the ceremony ; but , either deeming the procession ...
Pagina 47
... grave . How unlike are the objects by which you are now surrounded ! -oh ! how unlike the happy peasantry whose strength shewed satiety , while their visages looked content ! How different , too , from yon gay minion , whose crisped ...
... grave . How unlike are the objects by which you are now surrounded ! -oh ! how unlike the happy peasantry whose strength shewed satiety , while their visages looked content ! How different , too , from yon gay minion , whose crisped ...
Pagina 57
... grave stained with blood ; -but he ever prayed for a soldier's death . Where is Walter Devereux , whom I made a ban- neret the day we drove Douglas from the walls of Carlisle ? " - " Prisoner to Bruce , " was the answer . He proceeded ...
... grave stained with blood ; -but he ever prayed for a soldier's death . Where is Walter Devereux , whom I made a ban- neret the day we drove Douglas from the walls of Carlisle ? " - " Prisoner to Bruce , " was the answer . He proceeded ...
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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 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