Alicia de Lacy, by the author of 'The loyalists'.1814 |
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... youth in a convent , till marriage gave her a protec- tor ; and as seeking the same place of refuge when widowhood left her desti- tute . If she appears in the diversions of the age , let it be remembered that those diversions were ...
... youth in a convent , till marriage gave her a protec- tor ; and as seeking the same place of refuge when widowhood left her desti- tute . If she appears in the diversions of the age , let it be remembered that those diversions were ...
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... youth , into unprincely extravagant actions , but unlike " King Hal , that royal imp of fame , " the errors of the stripling adhered to the man , and the sovereign ' seemed to reign less for the benefit of his people than for the enrich ...
... youth , into unprincely extravagant actions , but unlike " King Hal , that royal imp of fame , " the errors of the stripling adhered to the man , and the sovereign ' seemed to reign less for the benefit of his people than for the enrich ...
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Jane West. every guard which the most watchful anxiety could prompt around the darling youth , she wearied herself by a continual round of devotional exercises . Her piety was both active and passive , stimulating her to pilgrimages and ...
Jane West. every guard which the most watchful anxiety could prompt around the darling youth , she wearied herself by a continual round of devotional exercises . Her piety was both active and passive , stimulating her to pilgrimages and ...
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... youth has , I fear , omitted for your entertainment , I flatter my self , Sir Knight , the hours would not have passed so heavily as I perceive they have done . Yet will I trust to that courtesy which ever attends the true nobility ...
... youth has , I fear , omitted for your entertainment , I flatter my self , Sir Knight , the hours would not have passed so heavily as I perceive they have done . Yet will I trust to that courtesy which ever attends the true nobility ...
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... youth , she supposed must proceed from grief for a lost love . She examined her two rings by the watch - light : that of her espousals , received from Surrey , was en- riched with two heart - shaped rubies , link- ed by a diamond chain ...
... youth , she supposed must proceed from grief for a lost love . She examined her two rings by the watch - light : that of her espousals , received from Surrey , was en- riched with two heart - shaped rubies , link- ed by a diamond chain ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Agatha Alicia de Lacy answered arms attended barons beauty bestowed betrothed Blanche of Artois blessed called caster castle Countess of Lincoln court crown damsels daughter death devotion discovered duty Earl of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester Earl of Lan Earl of Lancaster Earl of Lincoln Earl of Surrey Edward England Eubulo eyes fair Father Ambrose favour favourite feelings Friar Gaveston grace hand happy heart heaven heir holy honour hope Humphrey King King's knew knight Knight of Rhodes Lacy's Lady Alicia Lady Margaret Lancaster's Lloyd Lord Lancaster Lord Surrey lover Mabel Madoc Matilda ment mind minstrel Mortimer mother never noble offended passions patriot peace person piety pilgrim pity pleasure praise prayers prince Queen Queen of Navarre racter respect royal Saint Sandal Castle seneschal shew smile soul sovereign spirit spoke Surrey's sword thought tion tournament vassals virtue vows Wallingford Warwick wife wish young youth
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Página 176 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Página iii - Wisdom, in sable garb arrayed, Immersed in rapturous thought profound, And Melancholy, silent maid, With leaden eye, that loves the ground...
Página 47 - Now Christ thee save, thou reverend friar, I pray thee tell to me, If ever at yon holy shrine My true love thou didst see. And how should I know your true love, From many another one ? O by his cockle hat, and staff, And by his sandal shoone.
Página iii - Immersed in rapturous thought profound, And Melancholy, silent maid, With leaden eye that loves the ground, Still on thy solemn steps attend : Warm Charity, the general friend, With Justice, to herself severe, And Pity, dropping soft the sadly-pleasing tear.
Página xiv - They are designed to -save the enlightened reader the trouble of reference, and to prevent the juvenile one from so confounding the Lancaster of romance and the Lancaster of history, as to become as warm an advocate for the purity of his motives, as was the female Quixote for the decorum of the Empress Julia. It is hoped that a delineation of the different effects of prosperity and adversity on a well-intentioned but infirm mind, may produce some moral impression, especially on those whom parental...
Página xiv - ... be at once presumptuous and ridiculous. They are designed to -save the enlightened reader the trouble of reference, and to prevent the juvenile one from so confounding the Lancaster of romance and the Lancaster of history, as to become as warm an advocate for the purity of his motives, as was the female Quixote for the decorum of the Empress Julia.
Página 86 - I, a woman, with all your natural subjects, do appeal from you to the tribunal of God, the great and terrible Judge. He shall avenge us.
Página 270 - Christ; of forsaking all that we may be his disciples ; of cutting off the right hand, and plucking out the right eye, which may offend ; it were not easy to deny, that " if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.