Tales of Our Great Families, Volumen 1Hurst and Blackett, 1877 |
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... ( afterwards Earls of Castlehaven ) , to whom it was given by Edward IV . in reward of their adherence to the White Rose of York . The Touchets , however , did not long hold it ; for the second of that line who owned it , having been ...
... ( afterwards Earls of Castlehaven ) , to whom it was given by Edward IV . in reward of their adherence to the White Rose of York . The Touchets , however , did not long hold it ; for the second of that line who owned it , having been ...
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... afterwards , being left alone with her he found himself so impatient that he sent for a parson . The doctor refused to perform the ceremony without either a license or a ring . The Duke swore he would send for the arch- bishop . At last ...
... afterwards , being left alone with her he found himself so impatient that he sent for a parson . The doctor refused to perform the ceremony without either a license or a ring . The Duke swore he would send for the arch- bishop . At last ...
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... afterwards at Paris , and who was Ambas- sador from his native city to the Court of France in the reign of Louis XV . , had four sons , one of whom , Peter , became the great merchant of London , whom we have already named . His history ...
... afterwards at Paris , and who was Ambas- sador from his native city to the Court of France in the reign of Louis XV . , had four sons , one of whom , Peter , became the great merchant of London , whom we have already named . His history ...
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... afterwards appeared on the tomb of his descendant , Gerard , in the Abbey of Dore , ” — the same which were formally assigned by the King to his lineal descendant , Sir John Sisilt , and the same which are now borne by the Marquises of ...
... afterwards appeared on the tomb of his descendant , Gerard , in the Abbey of Dore , ” — the same which were formally assigned by the King to his lineal descendant , Sir John Sisilt , and the same which are now borne by the Marquises of ...
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... afterwards discovered against his life , and the two assassins , Barney and Natter , declared at their execution that they were instigated by the Spanish ambassador , for which , and other offences , his Excellency was ordered to depart ...
... afterwards discovered against his life , and the two assassins , Barney and Natter , declared at their execution that they were instigated by the Spanish ambassador , for which , and other offences , his Excellency was ordered to depart ...
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Página 73 - Here he lives in state and bounty, Lord of Burleigh, fair and free, Not a lord in all the county Is so great a lord as he.
Página 78 - Though at times her spirit sank ; Shaped her heart with woman's meekness To all duties of her rank : And a gentle consort made he, And her gentle mind was such That she grew a noble lady, And the people loved her much.
Página 78 - Oh, that he Were once more that landscape-painter Which did win my heart from me !" So she droop'd and droop'd before him, Fading slowly from his side : Three fair children first she bore him, Then before her time she died. Weeping, weeping late and early, Walking up and pacing down, Deeply mourn'd the Lord of Burleigh, Burleigh-house by Stamford-town.
Página 28 - Duke Hamilton is the abstract of Scotch pride ; he and the Duchess at their own house walk in to dinner before their company, sit together at the upper end of their own table, eat off the same plate, and drink to nobody beneath the rank of Earl — would not one wonder how they could get anybody either above or below that rank to dine with them at all ! I don't know whether you will not think all these very trifling histories ; but for myself, I love anything that marks a character strongly.
Página 63 - I waited now in her presence-chamber, with ease at my food and rest in my bed. I am pushed from the shore of comfort, and know not where the winds and waves of a Court will bear me; I know it bringeth little comfort on earth ; and he is, I reckon, no wise man that looketh this way to heaven.
Página 78 - ... at times her spirit sank : Shaped her heart with woman's meekness To all duties of her rank : And a gentle consort made he, And her gentle mind was such That she grew a noble lady, And the people loved her much. But a trouble weigh'd upon her, And perplex'd her, night and morn, With the burthen of an honour Unto which she was not born.
Página 27 - Friday, that even the noble crowd in the drawing-room clambered on chairs and tables to look at her. There are mobs at their doors to see them get into their chairs, and people go early to get places at the theatres, when it is known they will be there.
Página 27 - Hamilton made violent love at one end of the room, while he was playing at pharaoh at the other end; that is, he saw neither the bank nor his own cards, which were of three hundred pounds each : he soon lost a thousand. I own I was so little a professor in love, that I thought all this parade looked ill for the poor girl ; and could not conceive, if he was so much engaged with his mistress as to disregard such sums, why he played at all.
Página 27 - However, two nights afterwards, being left alone with her while her mother and sister were at Bedford House, he found himself so impatient, that he sent for a parson. The doctor refused to perform the ceremony without...
Página 63 - Tis a great task to prove one's honesty and yet not spoil one's fortune. You have tasted a little hereof in our blessed queen's time, who was more than a man, and, in troth, sometimes less than a woman.