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Side 10
... and begin the career to which duty called him . The court of Henry III . was a
scene of perpetual strife and discord . In the king himself , now become a
luxurious and effeminate weakling , no one could recognise the once promising
Duke of ...
... and begin the career to which duty called him . The court of Henry III . was a
scene of perpetual strife and discord . In the king himself , now become a
luxurious and effeminate weakling , no one could recognise the once promising
Duke of ...
Side 11
... surrounded him , and proceeding to Tours , he publicly renounced the Catholic
religion , declared his adherence to it during the last four years to have been
compulsory , and announced himself once more the lawful chief of the
Huguenots .
... surrounded him , and proceeding to Tours , he publicly renounced the Catholic
religion , declared his adherence to it during the last four years to have been
compulsory , and announced himself once more the lawful chief of the
Huguenots .
Side 15
Once , when she complained of his obstinacy , and said she sighed for nothing
so much as peace" Madame , ' he replied , ' I am not the cause of it ; it is not I who
hinder you from sleeping in your bed , it is you that prevent me from resting in ...
Once , when she complained of his obstinacy , and said she sighed for nothing
so much as peace" Madame , ' he replied , ' I am not the cause of it ; it is not I who
hinder you from sleeping in your bed , it is you that prevent me from resting in ...
Side 26
When this trick was once found out , ' says Sully , there was nothing that promised
profit which did not get into the brain of one or other of those who thought they
had a right to some favour from the king : interest gave every man invention , and
...
When this trick was once found out , ' says Sully , there was nothing that promised
profit which did not get into the brain of one or other of those who thought they
had a right to some favour from the king : interest gave every man invention , and
...
Side 29
... of Europe were in the meantime to be cunningly inveigled into a conjunct war
upon Austria . The House of Austria once humbled , and its territories
dismembered , the plan might be safely published to the world , and 29 LIFE OF
HENRY IV .
... of Europe were in the meantime to be cunningly inveigled into a conjunct war
upon Austria . The House of Austria once humbled , and its territories
dismembered , the plan might be safely published to the world , and 29 LIFE OF
HENRY IV .
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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.