Boy-princes, or, Scions of royalty cut off in youth |
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... fair prize on which he had set his heart . A great assembly was convoked at Rochester , and it soon appeared that Edith had never taken monastic vows , though she had sometimes worn the veil , by way of protection , in days when the ...
... fair prize on which he had set his heart . A great assembly was convoked at Rochester , and it soon appeared that Edith had never taken monastic vows , though she had sometimes worn the veil , by way of protection , in days when the ...
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... fair Sybil to the altar , and carried her in triumph to Rouen . Proud of his bride , gratified with his reception in Normandy , and utterly reckless as to time and money , the Duke , instead of prosecuting his claims on the crown which ...
... fair Sybil to the altar , and carried her in triumph to Rouen . Proud of his bride , gratified with his reception in Normandy , and utterly reckless as to time and money , the Duke , instead of prosecuting his claims on the crown which ...
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... fair young Matilda , but meanly insisted on retaining her dower . The Count swore and stormed after the most approved fashion of the day , placed his daughter as a nun in the Couvent of Fontrevaud , and vowed a speedy revenge on the ...
... fair young Matilda , but meanly insisted on retaining her dower . The Count swore and stormed after the most approved fashion of the day , placed his daughter as a nun in the Couvent of Fontrevaud , and vowed a speedy revenge on the ...
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... fair spouse of Albini , inspired by the Empress with a courage not her own , upbraided Stephen . for appearing in martial array before a castle held by a lady , hinted that his conduct indicated a contempt of chivalry which ill became a ...
... fair spouse of Albini , inspired by the Empress with a courage not her own , upbraided Stephen . for appearing in martial array before a castle held by a lady , hinted that his conduct indicated a contempt of chivalry which ill became a ...
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... Fair Rosamond , the husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine , the sire of a most rebellious family , and progenitor of those English kings renowned above all others in Christendom for strength in battle and wisdom in council . We need not ...
... Fair Rosamond , the husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine , the sire of a most rebellious family , and progenitor of those English kings renowned above all others in Christendom for strength in battle and wisdom in council . We need not ...
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Abbey Anjou appeared arms army Arthur barons battle Beauclerc beauty became birth blood bride Britanny brother Burgundy captive Carlos Castle caused Charles Clito court crown Curthose daughter Dauphin death Duchess Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Earl of Warwick Edward eldest Elizabeth Elizabeth Woodville Emperor English ere long Eustace exclaimed expressed eyes fate father favour fortune French gave Gloucester hand head heart heir Henry Henry of Navarre hero honour Huguenots James John Katherine de Medici King of England King of France King of Rome King's knights Lady London Lord Louis Madame Margaret Marie Antoinette marriage Mary Matilda of Boulogne monarch mother Napoleon Navarre nephew never nobles Normandy Orleans palace Paris passed Philip Plantagenet popular present Prince of Condé Prince of Wales Prince's Princess Queen reign Richard Rothsay royal boy Scots Scottish sent sister Somerset soon thither throne took Tower Tudor Valois victory Warwick youth
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Page 279 - Mark, child ! what I say : they will cut off my head ! and perhaps make thee a king ; but mark what I say, thou must not be a king as long as thy brothers Charles and James are alive. They will cut off thy brothers' heads, when they can catch them ! And thy head too they will cut off at last ! Therefore, I charge thee, do not be made a king by them...
Page 183 - I wis, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 279 - Mark Child what I say, They will cut off My Head, and perhaps make thee a King: But mark what I say, You must not be a King, so long as your Brothers, Charles and James, do live; For they will cut off your Brothers' Heads (when they can catch them) and cut off thy Head too at the last: and therefore I charge you, do not be made a King by them.
Page 183 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her in her chamber, reading " Phaedon Platonis " in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace.
Page 134 - the relics of Edward V. King of England, and " Richard Duke of York, who, being confined in " the Tower, and there stifled with pillows, were " privately and meanly buried, by order of their ** perfidious uncle, Richard the Usurper. Their " bones, long inquired after and wished for, after " laying 190 years in the rubbish of the stairs (ie " those lately leading to the chapel of the White " Tower), were, on the 17th of July 1674, by un" doubted proofs, discovered, being buried deep in
Page 280 - ... for the laws and liberties of this land, and for maintaining the true Protestant Religion. He bid me read Bishop Andrews' Sermons, Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity and Bishop Laud's book against Fisher, which would ground me against Popery.
Page 280 - He bid me tell my mother that his thoughts never strayed from her, and that his love should be the same to the last. Withal he commanded me and my brother to be obedient to her, and bid me send his blessing to the rest of my brothers and sisters, with commendation to all his friends.
Page 281 - ... the Lord would settle his throne upon his son, and that we should all be happier than we could have expected to have been if he had lived ; with many other things, which at present I cannot remember.
Page 281 - He charged her to forgive those, people, but never to trust them ; for they had been most false to him, and to those that gave them power, and he feared also to their own souls. He then urged her to read " Bishop Andrews's Sermons," " Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity...
Page 280 - Another Relation from the Lady Elizabeth's own Hand. "What the king said to me, Jan. 29th, 1648, being the last time I had the happiness to see him: He told me, he was glad I was come; and although he had not time to say much, yet somewhat he had to say to me, which he had not to another, or leave in writing, because he feared their cruelty was such as that they would not have permitted him to write to me. He wished me not to grieve and torment myself for him, for that...