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... Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES So for long hours sat Enid by her lord, There in the naked hall, propping his head, And chafing h... ...and calling to him. And at the last he waken’d from his swoon. —T ennyson, Enid. THE TRANSIT was happily effected, and closely hidden in wool, Leonard... ...nt in escorting the Count from one castle or city to another, but whenever Charles the Bold was at Bruges, Leonard came to the sign of the Green Serpe... ...ell, “or the Count will carry with him the sorest of memories.” And indeed Charles the Bold was on his knees beside the bed of his speechless father i... ...p, lord of all these lands, was deceased. Then, as in the case of royalty, Charles his son was proclaimed; and the organ led an accla- mation of jubil... ...which filled the church, and a shout as of thunder arose, “Vivat Carolus.” Charles knelt meanwhile with hands clasped over his brow, silent, immovable... ...as no knowing how the presence of the Lady of Heringham affected him. Duke Charles rode out to meet his bride at the little town of Damme, and here th...
...g and secluded situation. One of these last gave refuge to the unfortunate Charles Edward, in his perilous wanderings after the battle of Culloden. ‘I... ...cel the memory of his cruelty to the non-conformists, during the reigns of Charles II. and James II.” 112. Bower. The word meant a chamber (see on i. ... ...ish trigates, and the flower of the young men were with the army of Prince Charles Edward, then in England; yet the summons was so effectual that even... ...Wilding. Wild; a rare word, used only in poetry. Cf. Tennyson, Geraint and Enid: “And like a crag was gay with wilding flowers.” Spenser has the noun ...