The Spell of EnglandPage Company, 1922 - 433 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... appearance upon the lake , and , issuing from behind a small heronry where it had been concealed , floated gently toward the farther end of the bridge . " In Princely Pleasures " there are full de- scriptions of the festivities at ...
... appearance upon the lake , and , issuing from behind a small heronry where it had been concealed , floated gently toward the farther end of the bridge . " In Princely Pleasures " there are full de- scriptions of the festivities at ...
Pagina 26
... whereat he was so enraged that he presently killed him . " This room was shown to us with pride . On the floor is a fine " blood stain " neatly var- nished . The cultivated maid appeared to be one of 26 The Spell of England.
... whereat he was so enraged that he presently killed him . " This room was shown to us with pride . On the floor is a fine " blood stain " neatly var- nished . The cultivated maid appeared to be one of 26 The Spell of England.
Pagina 27
Julia de Wolf Addison. nished . The cultivated maid appeared to be one of the most accomplished of Warwickshire antiquaries , and she smiled as she remarked , " That is what they say it is ; at any rate , it can't be got out , no matter ...
Julia de Wolf Addison. nished . The cultivated maid appeared to be one of the most accomplished of Warwickshire antiquaries , and she smiled as she remarked , " That is what they say it is ; at any rate , it can't be got out , no matter ...
Pagina 40
... appeared . Peeping Tom , " with his preposterous military hat , his leering smile , and his sawed - off arms , still leans benignly from a top window of the hotel ! 66 Another legendary story of Coventry is told by Michael Drayton , who ...
... appeared . Peeping Tom , " with his preposterous military hat , his leering smile , and his sawed - off arms , still leans benignly from a top window of the hotel ! 66 Another legendary story of Coventry is told by Michael Drayton , who ...
Pagina 63
... appeared to me . I never yet went to look on at a cricket match that it was not just time for the players to adjourn for light refreshments . The King's Head is quite a historic house . Thrilling scenes have occurred there . In 1640 ...
... appeared to me . I never yet went to look on at a cricket match that it was not just time for the players to adjourn for light refreshments . The King's Head is quite a historic house . Thrilling scenes have occurred there . In 1640 ...
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Pagina 80 - With that grim ferryman* which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?
Pagina 162 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Pagina 345 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Pagina 80 - At which words King Edward said nothing, but with his hand thrust him from him (or, as some say, stroke him with his gauntlet), whom incontinent they that strode about, which were George Duke of Clarence, Richard duke of Gloucester, Thomas Marquis Dorset, and William Lord Hastings, suddenly murdered and piteously mangled.
Pagina 36 - Leofric ! could my name be forgotten, and yours alone remembered ! But perhaps my innocence may save me from reproach ; and how many as. innocent are in fear and famine ! No eye will open on me but fresh from tears.
Pagina 12 - Meanwhile, the queen had no sooner stepped on the bridge than a new spectacle was provided ; for, as soon as the music gave signal that she was so far advanced, a raft, so disposed as to resemble a small floating island, illuminated by a great variety of torches, and surrounded by floating pageants formed to represent sea-horses, on which sat Tritons, Nereids...
Pagina 198 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Pagina 359 - ... to preach. It is reported that, as they drew near to the city, after their manner, with the holy cross, and the image of our sovereign Lord and King, Jesus Christ, they, in concert...
Pagina 143 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Pagina 360 - As soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned them, they began to imitate the course of life practised in the primitive church : applying themselves to frequent prayer, watching, and fasting ; preaching the word of life to as many as they could ; despising all worldly things, as not belonging to them ; receiving only their necessary food from those they taught...