Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts, Bind 13 |
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Side 14
... hand , and that , when he removed his hand , his moustaches and beard on that side had grown white . Shortly after the passing of this edict , however , Henry III . , ashamed of his weakness , made an attempt to throw off the influence ...
... hand , and that , when he removed his hand , his moustaches and beard on that side had grown white . Shortly after the passing of this edict , however , Henry III . , ashamed of his weakness , made an attempt to throw off the influence ...
Side 16
... hand , was trifling , and their booty great . This advantage , however , was counterbalanced by the total defeat of a German army of 40,000 men , which had entered France to assist the Protestants . Thus , at the beginning of the year ...
... hand , was trifling , and their booty great . This advantage , however , was counterbalanced by the total defeat of a German army of 40,000 men , which had entered France to assist the Protestants . Thus , at the beginning of the year ...
Side 17
... hands of the Guises and the League rankled in the heart of the king ; and enraged beyond endurance by the haughty conduct of the Duke of Guise and his brother the cardinal at the States - general , which , in conformity with his promise ...
... hands of the Guises and the League rankled in the heart of the king ; and enraged beyond endurance by the haughty conduct of the Duke of Guise and his brother the cardinal at the States - general , which , in conformity with his promise ...
Side 18
... hand of James Clement , a fanatical Dominican monk , who had been stirred up , by means of pretended revelations from Heaven , to commit the crime . After communicating his design to the Duke of Mayenne , the Duke d'Aumale , the Duchess ...
... hand of James Clement , a fanatical Dominican monk , who had been stirred up , by means of pretended revelations from Heaven , to commit the crime . After communicating his design to the Duke of Mayenne , the Duke d'Aumale , the Duchess ...
Side 20
... hands of the enemy , was declared king of France , under the designation of Charles X. - an appointment which , while it left all the real authority in the hands of the Duke of Mayenne , would not prevent him from assuming the royal ...
... hands of the enemy , was declared king of France , under the designation of Charles X. - an appointment which , while it left all the real authority in the hands of the Duke of Mayenne , would not prevent him from assuming the royal ...
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Admiral de Coligny Andrayne army began benevolent bite bonnie Braes busk called Catholic child Confalonieri daughter dear death distress door Dr Fulton Duke Duke of Guise Duke of Orleans eggs Eustache eyes fangs father feelings felt frae France Frank French friends girl grief hand happy head heard heart Helen Gray Henry hope Huguenots Jacobin Club Jane Jean Vigier Jeanne Jeanne d'Albret Jessie Jessie's kind king of Navarre lady League length living looked Louis Louis XVI maun means mind Minghini Monsieur Belin morning mother Napoleon never night noble Paris Pauline persons poor prince Prince of Condé prison Protestants reptile Robin Saint-Servan Salvotti seemed serpents shew sister snake St Germain-en-Laye suffering Sully thee thou thought tion Todlaw Mains took Uncle Joshua viper whilst wife woman words Yarrow young Logie
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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 5 - 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 29 - ... 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 5 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Side 2 - Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae the rock as mellow.
Side 22 - 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 4 - 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 1 - 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.