Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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Pagina 14
... spirit of the English was entirely broken ; and the Scottish histo- rians affirm , that , during the remainder of this disastrous reign , ten of their hardy warriors were enough to put one hun- dred English to ( 14 ) taken him and his ...
... spirit of the English was entirely broken ; and the Scottish histo- rians affirm , that , during the remainder of this disastrous reign , ten of their hardy warriors were enough to put one hun- dred English to ( 14 ) taken him and his ...
Pagina 17
... spirit of revenge . He seized the four most northern counties , and wasted Yorkshire to the walls of its capital , burning the towns , and taking the castles . The strong hold of Berwick was , the English say , surrendered by treachery ...
... spirit of revenge . He seized the four most northern counties , and wasted Yorkshire to the walls of its capital , burning the towns , and taking the castles . The strong hold of Berwick was , the English say , surrendered by treachery ...
Pagina 24
... spirit of enterprize , who , being too much unacquainted with courts to approve their manners , and ( as is generally the habit of the vulgar ) prone to credit every tale which throws reproach on her superiors , implicitly believed the ...
... spirit of enterprize , who , being too much unacquainted with courts to approve their manners , and ( as is generally the habit of the vulgar ) prone to credit every tale which throws reproach on her superiors , implicitly believed the ...
Pagina 33
... spirits of her dear lady ( Beatrice observed ) wanted bracing stimulants at this calami- tous period ; it was better , therefore , for her to defer the visit which , it was ad- mitted , she should some time pay her mother , till she had ...
... spirits of her dear lady ( Beatrice observed ) wanted bracing stimulants at this calami- tous period ; it was better , therefore , for her to defer the visit which , it was ad- mitted , she should some time pay her mother , till she had ...
Pagina 44
... spirit which became the minister of the gospel of peace , the Bishop tried to extenuate the faults of indiscretion , and of flattered beauty corrupted by prosperity . He argued that the notoriety of this assig- nation was a presumption ...
... spirit which became the minister of the gospel of peace , the Bishop tried to extenuate the faults of indiscretion , and of flattered beauty corrupted by prosperity . He argued that the notoriety of this assig- nation was a presumption ...
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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