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The only issue of this marriage was a daughter , Jeanne d ' Albret , a lady of great
beauty , and possessed of extraordinary spirit and strength of character . When of
age , the heiress of Navarre married Antony de Bourbon , a relation of the ...
The only issue of this marriage was a daughter , Jeanne d ' Albret , a lady of great
beauty , and possessed of extraordinary spirit and strength of character . When of
age , the heiress of Navarre married Antony de Bourbon , a relation of the ...
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But the 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 ...
But the 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 ...
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Ill as she evidently felt , Bess nevertheless tried her best to hatch the eggs , but
without avail ; they all turned bad , and were eventually removed from under her ;
and for a time this remarkable lady was certainly the most popular character in ...
Ill as she evidently felt , Bess nevertheless tried her best to hatch the eggs , but
without avail ; they all turned bad , and were eventually removed from under her ;
and for a time this remarkable lady was certainly the most popular character in ...
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... followed by an agonising death . The White 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
...
... followed by an agonising death . The White 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
...
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In the Dictionnaire d ' Histoire Naturelle , there is related an instance of a snake
which had been so completely tamed by a 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
...
In the Dictionnaire d ' Histoire Naturelle , there is related an instance of a snake
which had been so completely tamed by a 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
...
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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.