Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 13
... means were so insignificant , and who professed the Protestant religion , would be able to obtain the throne when opposed by the head of the Guises , the champion of the League , and the hope of all the Catholics of France . The king of ...
... means were so insignificant , and who professed the Protestant religion , would be able to obtain the throne when opposed by the head of the Guises , the champion of the League , and the hope of all the Catholics of France . The king of ...
Side 15
... means was tried to detach him from his party , and induce him to turn Catholic ; but all without success . Henry mingled in the fêtes and balls which accompanied the queen - mother wherever she went , and seemed to enjoy the pleasures ...
... means was tried to detach him from his party , and induce him to turn Catholic ; but all without success . Henry mingled in the fêtes and balls which accompanied the queen - mother wherever she went , and seemed to enjoy the pleasures ...
Side 18
... means of pretended revelations from Heaven , to commit the crime . communicating his design to the Duke of Mayenne , the Duke d'Aumale , the Duchess de Montpensier , and others of the Sixteen , he procured access to his victim at St ...
... means of pretended revelations from Heaven , to commit the crime . communicating his design to the Duke of Mayenne , the Duke d'Aumale , the Duchess de Montpensier , and others of the Sixteen , he procured access to his victim at St ...
Side 23
... means approve of what was so clearly a sacrifice of conscience to worldly distinction . The only vestige of excuse for his abjuration was the hope which he perhaps entertained of securing the Protestants generally from oppression ; and ...
... means approve of what was so clearly a sacrifice of conscience to worldly distinction . The only vestige of excuse for his abjuration was the hope which he perhaps entertained of securing the Protestants generally from oppression ; and ...
Side 29
... means might appear to the effect , a course of years , during which everything should as much as possible be made subservient to the great object in view , would surmount many difficulties . ' The first step was to secure the co - ope ...
... means might appear to the effect , a course of years , during which everything should as much as possible be made subservient to the great object in view , would surmount many difficulties . ' The first step was to secure the co - ope ...
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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.