Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 3
... already overthrown the ancient religious institutions of England and Scotland , and things seemed to have a similar tendency in France . In this latter country , the Protestants , locally known by the name of Huguenots , were very ...
... already overthrown the ancient religious institutions of England and Scotland , and things seemed to have a similar tendency in France . In this latter country , the Protestants , locally known by the name of Huguenots , were very ...
Side 5
... already fought . During this battle , Henry of Navarre and his cousin , the young Prince of Condé , were stationed on an eminence , under the protection of Louis of Nassau , with four thousand men , the admiral being fearful of exposing ...
... already fought . During this battle , Henry of Navarre and his cousin , the young Prince of Condé , were stationed on an eminence , under the protection of Louis of Nassau , with four thousand men , the admiral being fearful of exposing ...
Side 7
... already wounded , was the first person attacked . The Duke of Guise , with a number of attendants , rushed to his house ; the doors were broken open , and two men entering the chamber of the admiral , who had been awakened by the noise ...
... already wounded , was the first person attacked . The Duke of Guise , with a number of attendants , rushed to his house ; the doors were broken open , and two men entering the chamber of the admiral , who had been awakened by the noise ...
Side 11
... already ; but the present seemed a more fit occasion than any that had yet occurred . The king , dividing his time between devotion and sensuality , half - priest and half - coquette in his manners , sleeping , as we are told , with ...
... already ; but the present seemed a more fit occasion than any that had yet occurred . The king , dividing his time between devotion and sensuality , half - priest and half - coquette in his manners , sleeping , as we are told , with ...
Side 16
... already named it the ' year of marvels ; ' foreseeing , they said , that such a number of astonishing events would happen in it , such con- fusion both in the elements of nature and in human society , that , if not the end of the world ...
... already named it the ' year of marvels ; ' foreseeing , they said , that such a number of astonishing events would happen in it , such con- fusion both in the elements of nature and in human society , that , if not the end of the world ...
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Admiral de Coligny Andrayne army Bécard began benevolent bite bonnie Braes busk called Catholic charmer child Confalonieri daughter dear death distress door Dr Fulton Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Orleans eggs Eustache eyes father feelings felt frae France Frank French friends girl grief hand happy head heard heart Helen Gray Henry hope Huguenots Jacobin Club Jane Jeanne Jeanne d'Albret Jessie Jessie's kind king of Navarre lady League length live looked Louis Louis XVI Madame de Chavilhac maun mind Minghini morning mother Napoleon never night noble Paris Pauline person poor prince Prince of Condé prison Protestants Prussia reptile Robin Saint-Servan Salvotti seemed serpents shew sister snake St Germain-en-Laye suffering Sully thee thou thought tion Todlaw Mains took Uncle Joshua viper whilst wife woman words Yarrow young Logie
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Side 21 - Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies now — upon them with the lance! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Side 3 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Side 22 - D'Aumale hath cried for quarter. The Flemish count is slain. Their ranks are breaking like thin clouds before a Biscay gale ; The field is heaped with bleeding steeds, and flags, and cloven mail. And then we thought on vengeance, and, all along our van, " Remember St. Bartholomew," was passed from man to man. But out spake gentle Henry, " No Frenchman is my foe : Down, down, with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Side 27 - ... grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see : My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie. But had I wist, before I kist...
Side 3 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 20 - Full fifteen stane o' Spanish iron, They hae laid a' right sair on me ; Wi' locks and keys I am fast bound Into this dungeon dark and dreirie.
Side 2 - Wi ae lock o his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. "Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sail ken where he is gane; Oer his white banes when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.
Side 31 - Lang maun she weep, lang maun she, maun she weep, Lang maun she weep with dule and sorrow, And lang maun I nae mair weil be seen Pu'ing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow.