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... lady , his kinswoman , whom he married secretly , in spite of the fulminations of Saint Dunstan and Odo , the Archbishop of Can- terbury , who had represented to him that their relationship was too near to allow of their union . Upon ...
... lady , his kinswoman , whom he married secretly , in spite of the fulminations of Saint Dunstan and Odo , the Archbishop of Can- terbury , who had represented to him that their relationship was too near to allow of their union . Upon ...
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... lady , found general report to have fallen short of the truth ; and being actuated by the most vehement love , he determined to sacrifice to this new passion his fidelity to his master , and to the trust reposed in him . He returned to ...
... lady , found general report to have fallen short of the truth ; and being actuated by the most vehement love , he determined to sacrifice to this new passion his fidelity to his master , and to the trust reposed in him . He returned to ...
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... lady had not produced on him , as on others , any illusion with regard to her beauty , he could not forbear ... lady's consent to the marriage . Edgar , pleased with an expedient for establishing his favourite's fortune , not only ...
... lady had not produced on him , as on others , any illusion with regard to her beauty , he could not forbear ... lady's consent to the marriage . Edgar , pleased with an expedient for establishing his favourite's fortune , not only ...
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Charles Selby. LADY GODIVA . Leofric , Earl of Mercia ( in the time of Edward the Confessor ) , wedded Godiva , a most beautiful and devout lady , sister to one Thorold , Sheriff of Lincolnshire in those days , and founder of Spalding ...
Charles Selby. LADY GODIVA . Leofric , Earl of Mercia ( in the time of Edward the Confessor ) , wedded Godiva , a most beautiful and devout lady , sister to one Thorold , Sheriff of Lincolnshire in those days , and founder of Spalding ...
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... ladies for the queen of the conqueror ) † is now in the hotel of the Prefecture , at Bayeux . It is a piece of brownish linen cloth , twenty - two inches broad , and two hundred and fourteen feet in length , worked with woollen thread ...
... ladies for the queen of the conqueror ) † is now in the hotel of the Prefecture , at Bayeux . It is a piece of brownish linen cloth , twenty - two inches broad , and two hundred and fourteen feet in length , worked with woollen thread ...
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Page 217 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 203 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 289 - ... to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — -never.
Page 203 - My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. But I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Page 295 - Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy; take care of poor Lady Hamilton. Kiss me, Hardy," said he. Hardy knelt down and kissed his cheek, and Nelson said: "Now I am satisfied. Thank God, I have done my duty!
Page 238 - This was also his birth-day, and with a triumph of above 20,000 horse and foot, brandishing their swords, and shouting with inexpressible joy ; the ways strewed with flowers, the bells ringing, the streets hung with tapestry, fountains running with wine ; the Mayor, Aldermen, and all the Companies, in their liveries, chains of gold, and banners ; Lords and Nobles, clad in cloth of silver, gold, and velvet ; the windows and balconies, all set with ladies ; trumpets, music, and myriads of people flocking,...
Page 290 - I conjure them to join in the holy work, and vindicate the religion of their God. I appeal to the wisdom and the law of this learned bench, to defend and support the justice of their country.
Page 290 - That God and nature have put into our hands !" What ideas of God and nature that noble Lord may entertain, I know not; but I know that such detestable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity. What! to attribute the sacred sanction of God and nature...
Page 289 - to use all the means which God and Nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this House, or in this country ! My lords, I did not intend to encroach so much upon your attention, but I cannot repress my indignation.
Page 204 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...