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... , in case John refused to allow the title of Arthur of Bretagne , he carried his own answer , backed by thrice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed . It was upon this occasion that John first gave evidence 18 JOHN OF ENGLAND .
... , in case John refused to allow the title of Arthur of Bretagne , he carried his own answer , backed by thrice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed . It was upon this occasion that John first gave evidence 18 JOHN OF ENGLAND .
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... carried it to the monastery and hamlet as he wended his painful way - the minstrel sang it in the baronial hall - the mendicant coupled it with his petition for alms , and , as post after post came tiring on , furnished with fresh ...
... carried it to the monastery and hamlet as he wended his painful way - the minstrel sang it in the baronial hall - the mendicant coupled it with his petition for alms , and , as post after post came tiring on , furnished with fresh ...
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... carried as much terror to the foeman's heart , as if the veritable beast of prey , from which it was derived , had shown his fangs in the mélée . On the evening of the day following the events we have before narrated , the banner of the ...
... carried as much terror to the foeman's heart , as if the veritable beast of prey , from which it was derived , had shown his fangs in the mélée . On the evening of the day following the events we have before narrated , the banner of the ...
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... practising their craft . They carried shafts of a cloth yard in length , and few men of other countries could bend their bows . No armour was entirely proof against an arrow well drawn by one of these bowmen , whose JOHN OF ENGLAND . 111.
... practising their craft . They carried shafts of a cloth yard in length , and few men of other countries could bend their bows . No armour was entirely proof against an arrow well drawn by one of these bowmen , whose JOHN OF ENGLAND . 111.
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... the field . Besides their bows , many of them carried short swords ; whilst others , again , wore across their waist - belts , and at their backs , a sort of brown bill , somewhat larger than what 112 JOHN OF ENGLAND .
... the field . Besides their bows , many of them carried short swords ; whilst others , again , wore across their waist - belts , and at their backs , a sort of brown bill , somewhat larger than what 112 JOHN OF ENGLAND .
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Adela amidst amongst apartment appeared arms Arthur attendants barons beauty beheld beneath Bertha Daundelyonne Bossu Brabançon Brabant caitiff castle cavern chamber Cinque Port Clothaire companion dark Daunde Dauphin death Dover Castle dreadful endeavoured England English escape esquire exclaimed fair Bertha Falaise Faulconbridge favour fear followers fortress gazed glance Gondibert guard hall hand hath heard heart heaven horse hour Hubert de Burgh inquired Isabella of Angoulême Isle of Thanet Jester John John of England King King's knave Knight of Daundelyonne Lady Bertha land looked Lord of Folkstone Mayor men-at-arms ment methinks minstrel Mirabeau monarch monk noble party passed present Prince prisoner Queen replied returned royal ruffian Salmstone Sandwich scene seemed seen SHAKESPERE side Sir Gilbert Sir Knight Sir Raoul sirrah soldier sound steed Stonar stood suddenly sword thee Thou art thought tower town turned walls Walter Mauluc weapon whilst yonder youth
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Page 56 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 144 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 280 - The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.
Page 107 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Page 154 - . when the last account 'twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done...
Page 61 - Upon the middle of the night, Waking she heard the night-fowl crow: The cock sung out an hour ere light: From the dark fen the oxen's low Came to her: without hope of change, In sleep she seem'd to walk forlorn, Till cold winds woke the gray-eyed morn About the lonely moated grange. She only said, The day is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 250 - Subtle as Sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Page 278 - s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, Moves like a ghost.
Page 80 - Old faces glimmer'd thro' the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, "My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Page 278 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, Stop up th...