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Alice arms army barons battle battle of Culloden Betty Burke bold Boyne boys brave brother Bruce captivity castle cause Charles Edward child Cœur Coeur de Lion command countess crusader dear death delight Derry Derwentwater Duke Duke of Austria earl Earl of Derwentwater enemy English escape exclaimed faithful father favourite Flora Macdonald friends gallant heard heart Highland Holy Land honour hope husband indignant island Jacobites James's Kenneth King Edward King James King Richard King William Lady Adela Lady Nithsdale lion-hearted London looked Lord Lord Derwentwater Lough Foyle monarch never night Nithsdale noble outlaw papa Piers Gaveston poor Prince Charles Prince Henry Prince of Wales prisoner Protestant proud Queen Isabella rebellion replied river robber Robin Hood royal sailed Saladin Saracens Scotland sent Sherwood siege Sir Reginald soldiers soon sorrow Spenser Stuart tears thought throne took Tower town victory wife wish young prince
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Página 154 - MERCY THE quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...
Página 117 - Cork, in the north and the south, in the east and the west...
Página 154 - strained ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Página 100 - but so much the worse for them !" 4. It was in this posture of affairs that all people turned their eyes upon William prince of Orange, who had married Mary, the eldest daughter of king James.
Página 81 - ... or vaulting, or some other exercise of that kind, and he is never idle. He shows himself likewise very goodnatured to his dependants, and supports their interests against any persons whatever, and pushes what he undertakes for them or others with such zeal as gives success to it.
Página 81 - He is a particular lover of horses, and what belongs to them, but is not fond of hunting ; and when he goes to it, it is rather for the pleasure of galloping than that which the dogs give him.
Página 81 - He studies two hours a day, and employs the rest of his time in tossing the pike or leaping, or shooting with the bow, or throwing the bar, or vaulting, or some other exercise of that kind, and he is never idle.
Página 108 - One of these, called the Mountjoy, broke the enemy's boom; and all the three, after having sustained a very hot fire from both sides of the river, arrived in safety at the town, to the inexpressible joy of the inhabitants. The army of James...
Página 14 - Damascus soon after concluding this truce with the princes of the crusade : it is memorable that, before he expired, he ordered his winding-sheet to be carried as a standard through every street of the city; while a crier went before, and proclaimed with a loud voice, " This is all that remains to the mighty Saladin, the conqueror of the East.
Página 141 - my dear Mrs. Betty, for the love of God run quickly and bring her with you! You know my lodging; and if ever you made despatch in your life, do it at present: I am almost distracted with this disappointment!