Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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... lady of great beauty , and possessed of extraordinary spirit and strength of char- acter . When of age , the heiress of Navarre married Antony de Bourbon , a relation of the royal family of France , a frank and courageous soldier , but ...
... lady of great beauty , and possessed of extraordinary spirit and strength of char- acter . When of age , the heiress of Navarre married Antony de Bourbon , a relation of the royal family of France , a frank and courageous soldier , but ...
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... lady was never to be trusted : she once struck at her keeper as he was sweeping out her cage , and with such violence as to knock him away from the opening , and had he not been quick in slamming to the cage - door , would doubtless ...
... lady was never to be trusted : she once struck at her keeper as he was sweeping out her cage , and with such violence as to knock him away from the opening , and had he not been quick in slamming to the cage - door , would doubtless ...
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... lady was certainly the most popular character in the metropolis , for in no previous instance had a boa ever been known to lay eggs in confinement . Repeated notices appeared in the papers as to how Bess and her incubation were ...
... lady was certainly the most popular character in the metropolis , for in no previous instance had a boa ever been known to lay eggs in confinement . Repeated notices appeared in the papers as to how Bess and her incubation were ...
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... Lady , or la dama blanca , is terribly dreaded by settlers and the natives of Central America ; fortunately , its extremely active habits enabling it to bolt through the reeds or under brush like a gleam of silvery light , greatly ...
... Lady , or la dama blanca , is terribly dreaded by settlers and the natives of Central America ; fortunately , its extremely active habits enabling it to bolt through the reeds or under brush like a gleam of silvery light , greatly ...
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... lady as to come to her whenever she called it , to follow her in her walks , writhe itself round her arms , and sleep in her bosom . One day , when she went in a boat to some distance up a large river , she threw the snake into the ...
... lady as to come to her whenever she called it , to follow her in her walks , writhe itself round her arms , and sleep in her bosom . One day , when she went in a boat to some distance up a large river , she threw the snake into the ...
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Admiral de Coligny Andrayne army began benevolent bite bonnie Braes busk called Catholic child Confalonieri daughter dear death distress door Dr Fulton Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Orleans eggs Eustache eyes fangs father feelings felt frae France Frank French friends girl grief hand happy head heard heart Helen Gray Henry hope Huguenots Jacobin Club Jane Jean Vigier Jeanne Jeanne d'Albret Jessie Jessie's kind king of Navarre lady League length living looked Louis Louis XVI maun means mind Minghini Monsieur Belin morning mother Napoleon never night noble Paris Pauline persons poor prince Prince of Condé prison Protestants 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 5 - 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 29 - ... 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 5 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 2 - Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae the rock as mellow.
Side 22 - 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 4 - 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 1 - 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.