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... and which alone at the present day retains the name of Navarre , he annexed
to Spain , leaving the smaller portion lying north of the Pyrenees to the legitimate
sovereign , Catharine de Foix , the wife of Jean d ' Albret , a French noble .
... and which alone at the present day retains the name of Navarre , he annexed
to Spain , leaving the smaller portion lying north of the Pyrenees to the legitimate
sovereign , Catharine de Foix , the wife of Jean d ' Albret , a French noble .
Side 3
In this latter country , the Protestants , locally known by the name of Huguenots ,
were very numerous ; they had at their head many noble families , including the
Prince of Condé , Admiral de Coligny , and the House of Navarre ; and aspired to
...
In this latter country , the Protestants , locally known by the name of Huguenots ,
were very numerous ; they had at their head many noble families , including the
Prince of Condé , Admiral de Coligny , and the House of Navarre ; and aspired to
...
Side 4
It was his practice also to make the boy commit to memory any fine passage
which inculcated a noble or kingly sentiment ; such , for instance , as the
following : Over their subjects princes bear the rule ; But God , more mighty ,
governs kings ...
It was his practice also to make the boy commit to memory any fine passage
which inculcated a noble or kingly sentiment ; such , for instance , as the
following : Over their subjects princes bear the rule ; But God , more mighty ,
governs kings ...
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... he passed the trial with honour , for his mind was too noble and masculine to
be affected otherwise than with disgust by the fetid atmosphere which it breathed
. In the meantime , the court was following up the massacre of St Bartholomew by
...
... he passed the trial with honour , for his mind was too noble and masculine to
be affected otherwise than with disgust by the fetid atmosphere which it breathed
. In the meantime , the court was following up the massacre of St Bartholomew by
...
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In the first place , with a noble pity for the wretchedness of the people , he
remitted above twenty millions of livres which they still owed the king : the loss
was serious ; but , by submitting to it , the king gave his subjects time to breathe
again .
In the first place , with a noble pity for the wretchedness of the people , he
remitted above twenty millions of livres which they still owed the king : the loss
was serious ; but , by submitting to it , the king gave his subjects time to breathe
again .
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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.