Memoirs of the Verney Family ...: Memoirs of the Verney family during the commonwealth, 1650 to 1660 ... by Margaret M. VerneyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1894 |
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Side ix
... letter - Sir Ralph pleads at Aylesbury- William Roades ' recollections of Royalist attacks - Lady Rochester's petition -Mun's return - The treacherous gar- dener --Sir Ralph's decimation --The Major - Generals swept away by Parliament ...
... letter - Sir Ralph pleads at Aylesbury- William Roades ' recollections of Royalist attacks - Lady Rochester's petition -Mun's return - The treacherous gar- dener --Sir Ralph's decimation --The Major - Generals swept away by Parliament ...
Side x
... letter ' that had better been unwrit ' - Miss Luckyn - Mun renews his acquaintance with Margaret and Mary Eure ... letters - Hope deferred - Hope abandoned CHAPTER X. JOHN VERNEY , THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE . 1653-1662 . Jack's industry ...
... letter ' that had better been unwrit ' - Miss Luckyn - Mun renews his acquaintance with Margaret and Mary Eure ... letters - Hope deferred - Hope abandoned CHAPTER X. JOHN VERNEY , THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE . 1653-1662 . Jack's industry ...
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... letters occur constantly in the correspondence of the next four years . Sir Ralph had a great horror of smoking , but the ... letter to Sir Ralph provided the best political and social gossip for these evening dis- cussions ; whether he ...
... letters occur constantly in the correspondence of the next four years . Sir Ralph had a great horror of smoking , but the ... letter to Sir Ralph provided the best political and social gossip for these evening dis- cussions ; whether he ...
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... letter as this must have been read and read again by the little company of English exiles . Amongst his wandering fellow - countrymen who passed through the town , none had been more wel- come at Sir Ralph's board than the lighthearted ...
... letter as this must have been read and read again by the little company of English exiles . Amongst his wandering fellow - countrymen who passed through the town , none had been more wel- come at Sir Ralph's board than the lighthearted ...
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... letter . " The plague was raging at Rouen , whence Sir Henry wrote in September 1650 : On Tuesday last died 83 persons . ' Sir Ralph replies : ' I confesse till now I never knew what sorrow was , this , oh this , farre exceedes all my ...
... letter . " The plague was raging at Rouen , whence Sir Henry wrote in September 1650 : On Tuesday last died 83 persons . ' Sir Ralph replies : ' I confesse till now I never knew what sorrow was , this , oh this , farre exceedes all my ...
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Aris Aunt beleeve Blois brother businesse Butterfield Cary Claydon Claydon House coach Cordell Countess of Rochester Cousin Cozen Cromwell Cromwell's daughter deare Denton writes desire Ditchley Doctor Doll doth England Eure farre father Generall give hath heare heere Henry Hillesden Hobart honour hope horses Isham Jack John Justinian letter live London Lord Lord Protector Malton March Mary master Middle Claydon Monk mother Mun's never night Parl Parliament person pray Protector quiett replies Richard Cromwell Roades Robert Robert Pye Royalist Rump selfe sent servant shee Sherard Sir Ralph Verney Sir Ralph writes Sir Roger writes sister sonne tell things thinke thought told town trouble unto uppon weeke wife wish writes to Sir wrote yett young
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Side 1 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
Side 426 - How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Side 1 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Side 217 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Side 440 - No civil broils have since his death arose, But faction now by habit does obey ; And wars have that respect for his repose As winds for halcyons when they breed at sea.
Side 74 - French you can not be too cunning for that language affords many admirable books fit for you as Romances, Plays, Poetry, Stories of illustrious (not learned) Woemen, receipts for preserving, makinge creames and all sorts of cookeryes, ordring your gardens and in Breif, all manner of good housewifery.
Side 73 - Common prayer) and a good plaine cattichisme in your mother tongue being well read and practised, is well worth all the rest and much more sutable to your sex; I know your Father thinks thise false doctrine, but be confident your husband will bee of my oppinion.
Side 31 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Side 261 - The Way to be Rich, according to the Practice of the great Audley, who began with £200 in 1605, and dyed worth ,£400,000, November, 1662.
Side 72 - Doctor, teach her to live under obedience, and whilst she is unmarried, if she would learne anything, let her aske you, and afterwards her husband, At Home. Had St. Paul lived in our times I am most confident hee would have fixt a Shame upon our woemen for writing (as well as for theire speaking) in the Church.