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Side 3
As calm reason was not a feature of the age , and as mutual concessions would
have been considered temporising and sinful , the whole question resolved itself
into one of force — the law of the strongest over the weakest - a curious and ...
As calm reason was not a feature of the age , and as mutual concessions would
have been considered temporising and sinful , the whole question resolved itself
into one of force — the law of the strongest over the weakest - a curious and ...
Side 9
... wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces , saying the
order was not to spare even infants at the breast . All the good man could do was
to conduct me privately to a distant chamber , where he locked me up . Here I
was ...
... wanted to force me from him , that they might cut me in pieces , saying the
order was not to spare even infants at the breast . All the good man could do was
to conduct me privately to a distant chamber , where he locked me up . Here I
was ...
Side 10
The latter immediately placed himself at the head of an army raised in Germany
for the Huguenots , and which acted in co - operation with a force under Marshal
Damville , second son of the late Constable , who had assumed arms not on ...
The latter immediately placed himself at the head of an army raised in Germany
for the Huguenots , and which acted in co - operation with a force under Marshal
Damville , second son of the late Constable , who had assumed arms not on ...
Side 13
Priests went about the country , inflaming the people with descriptions of the
awful consequences which would arise if the king of Navarre were to occupy the
throne of France . An immense increase of force was also given to the League by
13 ...
Priests went about the country , inflaming the people with descriptions of the
awful consequences which would arise if the king of Navarre were to occupy the
throne of France . An immense increase of force was also given to the League by
13 ...
Side 14
increase of force was also given to the League by a treaty which was concluded
between Philip II . of Spain and the Cardinal de Bourbon ; the Spanish monarch
agreeing to supply the League with money ; and the cardinal , on the other hand
...
increase of force was also given to the League by a treaty which was concluded
between Philip II . of Spain and the Cardinal de Bourbon ; the Spanish monarch
agreeing to supply the League with money ; and the cardinal , on the other hand
...
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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.