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... king , " that you have con- sulted the almanack , and have heard of the prediction of La Brosse , from my cousin the Count of Soissons : he is an old fool , and you , who are young , have still less wisdom . " The Duke de Ven- dôme then ...
... king , " that you have con- sulted the almanack , and have heard of the prediction of La Brosse , from my cousin the Count of Soissons : he is an old fool , and you , who are young , have still less wisdom . " The Duke de Ven- dôme then ...
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... king's favour . - Ob . March 14 , 1712 . " I am credibly informed , " says Mr. Grainger , ( from whose ingenious Bio- graphical History of England the above passages are extracted ) " that Lady Falconberg frequented the established ...
... king's favour . - Ob . March 14 , 1712 . " I am credibly informed , " says Mr. Grainger , ( from whose ingenious Bio- graphical History of England the above passages are extracted ) " that Lady Falconberg frequented the established ...
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... King James the First was entertained by the then Earl , with his whole court , for many days , during which time , dinner was always served up by thirty poor knights , with gold chains and velvet gowns . During the civil commotions in ...
... King James the First was entertained by the then Earl , with his whole court , for many days , during which time , dinner was always served up by thirty poor knights , with gold chains and velvet gowns . During the civil commotions in ...
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... king . When the equerry came to the king's apartment ( soon after the attempt to assassinate that monarch ) he found the 44 SATURDAY NIGHT .
... king . When the equerry came to the king's apartment ( soon after the attempt to assassinate that monarch ) he found the 44 SATURDAY NIGHT .
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... king's bed . " Send out all these weep- ing ladies , sire , " said the old equerry , " I want to speak to you alone . " The king made a sign to the princesses to withdraw . " Come , " said Landsmath , " your wound is nothing ; you had ...
... king's bed . " Send out all these weep- ing ladies , sire , " said the old equerry , " I want to speak to you alone . " The king made a sign to the princesses to withdraw . " Come , " said Landsmath , " your wound is nothing ; you had ...
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Página 3 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 3 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head...
Página 4 - O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content...
Página 77 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Página 2 - An' makes him quite forget his labour an' his toil. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun', Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown, In youthfu...
Página 2 - I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare: — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Página 157 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle, of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness. Instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar, of gold and jewels.
Página 3 - With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire : Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Página 2 - An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers: The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnoticed fleet; Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years; Anticipation forward points the view; The mother, wi' her needle an' her sheers, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; The father mixes a' wi
Página 4 - And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside.