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Side 14
... give his sanction to the association , died on the 10th of April 1585 ; and his successor , Sixtus V. , fully made up for his indifference . Besides ratifying the League , and giving it his papal blessing , the new pontiff assisted it ...
... give his sanction to the association , died on the 10th of April 1585 ; and his successor , Sixtus V. , fully made up for his indifference . Besides ratifying the League , and giving it his papal blessing , the new pontiff assisted it ...
Side 15
... give yourself pleases and nourishes you : quiet is the greatest enemy of your life . ' To the Duke de Nevers , who taunted him with the small authority he possessed over his party , saying that he could not even lay a tax on Rochelle if ...
... give yourself pleases and nourishes you : quiet is the greatest enemy of your life . ' To the Duke de Nevers , who taunted him with the small authority he possessed over his party , saying that he could not even lay a tax on Rochelle if ...
Side 19
... give orders for keeping every one at his duty , and preventing mutinies . After adopting precautions , so as to secure the troops in his favour , he applied himself to gain all the foreign powers on whose assistance he thought he might ...
... give orders for keeping every one at his duty , and preventing mutinies . After adopting precautions , so as to secure the troops in his favour , he applied himself to gain all the foreign powers on whose assistance he thought he might ...
Side 25
... give an impulse to commerce and manufactures . Surrounding him- self with the ablest men in the kingdom , both Catholics and Pro- testants , he was continually occupied with some scheme or other for the advantage of the country ...
... give an impulse to commerce and manufactures . Surrounding him- self with the ablest men in the kingdom , both Catholics and Pro- testants , he was continually occupied with some scheme or other for the advantage of the country ...
Side 27
... give an idea of the extent and variety of his schemes for the improvement of France , as well as of the zeal with which he prosecuted them . When Sully became his minister , he made him procure a great desk or cabinet , contrived full ...
... give an idea of the extent and variety of his schemes for the improvement of France , as well as of the zeal with which he prosecuted them . When Sully became his minister , he made him procure a great desk or cabinet , contrived full ...
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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.