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Side 5
Condé and Coligny immediately acknowledged the prince as the natural chief of
the Huguenots ; but as he was too young ' to assume the command , they
continued to act as generalsin - chief . In this horrible civil war , the Prince of
Condé ...
Condé and Coligny immediately acknowledged the prince as the natural chief of
the Huguenots ; but as he was too young ' to assume the command , they
continued to act as generalsin - chief . In this horrible civil war , the Prince of
Condé ...
Side 14
To the delight of his friends , he rose with the crisis , as if every new difficulty in
his circumstances called forth a corresponding faculty in his nature . He brought
into play those higher forces of genius which so frequently upset the calculations
of ...
To the delight of his friends , he rose with the crisis , as if every new difficulty in
his circumstances called forth a corresponding faculty in his nature . He brought
into play those higher forces of genius which so frequently upset the calculations
of ...
Side 16
... happen in it , such confusion both in the elements of nature and in human
society , that , if not the end of the world , it would certainly be its climacteric .
These predictions were so far verified ; indeed , it did not require astrology to
make them .
... happen in it , such confusion both in the elements of nature and in human
society , that , if not the end of the world , it would certainly be its climacteric .
These predictions were so far verified ; indeed , it did not require astrology to
make them .
Side 20
... natural course of things , he could hardly have hoped to succeed . His life
subsequently to this period divides itself into two parts . The first , extending from
1589 to 1598 , is a period of struggle , during which all his energies were
occupied in ...
... natural course of things , he could hardly have hoped to succeed . His life
subsequently to this period divides itself into two parts . The first , extending from
1589 to 1598 , is a period of struggle , during which all his energies were
occupied in ...
Side 31
The surgeons who examined his body believed that he might have lived , in the
natural course of things , for thirty years longer . His forehead was broad , his
eyes quick and animated , his nose aquiline , his complexion ruddy , and his ...
The surgeons who examined his body believed that he might have lived , in the
natural course of things , for thirty years longer . His forehead was broad , his
eyes quick and animated , his nose aquiline , his complexion ruddy , and his ...
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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.