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Side 4
... felt that my fate was about to be decided ! The The evil was without remedy ; and I had now only to brace my- self for whatever might happen , and bear it with becoming fortitude . With this view I preserved an air of perfect assurance ...
... felt that my fate was about to be decided ! The The evil was without remedy ; and I had now only to brace my- self for whatever might happen , and bear it with becoming fortitude . With this view I preserved an air of perfect assurance ...
Side 5
... the presence of mind I had till then kept up . My fortitude abandoned me all at once ; I felt nothing but an indefinable desire , The a horrible craving after the blessed light of the sun 5 STORY OF ALEXANDER ANDRAYNE .
... the presence of mind I had till then kept up . My fortitude abandoned me all at once ; I felt nothing but an indefinable desire , The a horrible craving after the blessed light of the sun 5 STORY OF ALEXANDER ANDRAYNE .
Side 7
... felt in my family , the grief which my arrest would cause my good old father , all overwhelmed me at once ; then the idea of my desolate situation arose , adding sorrow to sorrow . Who will , who can intercede for me ? No one ; alas ...
... felt in my family , the grief which my arrest would cause my good old father , all overwhelmed me at once ; then the idea of my desolate situation arose , adding sorrow to sorrow . Who will , who can intercede for me ? No one ; alas ...
Side 9
... felt able to face the trial I had to undergo . I was prepared . [ The anticipations of the poor prisoner did not deceive him . His trial was protracted during several months - if such a name can be given to a torturing series of ...
... felt able to face the trial I had to undergo . I was prepared . [ The anticipations of the poor prisoner did not deceive him . His trial was protracted during several months - if such a name can be given to a torturing series of ...
Side 10
... felt convinced that my project for saving him was impracticable . All I could determine on was , that , if he should make any dis- closures , I should reply that fright had turned his brain ; that he was mad ; and that I had not the ...
... felt convinced that my project for saving him was impracticable . All I could determine on was , that , if he should make any dis- closures , I should reply that fright had turned his brain ; that he was mad ; and that I had not the ...
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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.