Tales of Our Great Families, Volumen 2Hurst and Blackett, 1877 |
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... HALL 132 AN ECCENTRIC LADY 144 SIR SIMON EYRE 154 THE BARINGS 177 SIR F. DASHWOOD AND THE FRANCISCANS 184 THE SACKVILLES OF DRAYTON 197 THE DUCAL HOUSE OF SUTHERLAND 209 COLONEL CHARTRES 229 AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COURTENAYS ...
... HALL 132 AN ECCENTRIC LADY 144 SIR SIMON EYRE 154 THE BARINGS 177 SIR F. DASHWOOD AND THE FRANCISCANS 184 THE SACKVILLES OF DRAYTON 197 THE DUCAL HOUSE OF SUTHERLAND 209 COLONEL CHARTRES 229 AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF THE COURTENAYS ...
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... order that he might speak and vote at common- halls and other civic meetings . He , however , soon got tired of such unprofitable work , and , giving out that his intention was to retrench for a 36 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
... order that he might speak and vote at common- halls and other civic meetings . He , however , soon got tired of such unprofitable work , and , giving out that his intention was to retrench for a 36 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
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... HALL . " God prosper long from being broke The * Luck of Eden - Hall ; A doleful drinking - bout I sing , There lately did befall . " To chase the spleen with cup and can , Duke Philip took his way , Babes yet unborn shall never see The ...
... HALL . " God prosper long from being broke The * Luck of Eden - Hall ; A doleful drinking - bout I sing , There lately did befall . " To chase the spleen with cup and can , Duke Philip took his way , Babes yet unborn shall never see The ...
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... hall resound . " Now when these merry tidings reach'd The earl of Harold's ears , And am I ( quoth he , with an oath ) Thus slighted by my peers ? " Saddle my steed , bring forth my boots , I'll be with them right quick ; And , master ...
... hall resound . " Now when these merry tidings reach'd The earl of Harold's ears , And am I ( quoth he , with an oath ) Thus slighted by my peers ? " Saddle my steed , bring forth my boots , I'll be with them right quick ; And , master ...
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... 'd Sir Kit . Then stepp'd a gallant ' squire forth , Of visage thin and pale , Lloyd was his name , and of Gang - hall , Fast by the river Swale ; " Who said he would not have it told Where 236 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
... 'd Sir Kit . Then stepp'd a gallant ' squire forth , Of visage thin and pale , Lloyd was his name , and of Gang - hall , Fast by the river Swale ; " Who said he would not have it told Where 236 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
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Página 247 - After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with Mabel his wife, the good earl thus speaks from the tomb: "What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
Página 26 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
Página 108 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage.
Página 27 - His passion still, to covet general praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty, which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, 200 Too rash for thought, for action too refined...
Página 51 - Scotland can witness be I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase: "Now God be with him...