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............................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND OF CASTLEWOOD HA...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY... ...CKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Wri... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Wri... ..................................................... 419 CHAPTER XIII AUGUST 1ST, 1714. ................................................................... ...ed against him that he asked leave to serve as a vol- unteer, and join the Duke of Argyle’s army in Scotland, which the Pretender never had the courag... ...ne had not taught those exiles sobri- ety of life; and it is said that the Duke of Y ork and his brother the King both quarrelled about Isabel Esmond.... ... “What, Harry, boy!” my lord said, good-naturedly, “you look as gaunt as a greyhound. The small-pox hasn’t improved your beauty, and your side of the ... ...e with twenty guineas for him, to the tavern at which my lord put up (the “Greyhound,” in Charing Cross); and, along with this welcome gift for her ki... ...ar between crowned heads, carried on by generals of rank and honor. On the 1st day of July, 1702, a great fleet, of a hundred and fifty sail, set sail...

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... Chronicles: Roman De Brut by Wace, trans. Eugene Mason is a publication of the Pennsylva nia State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...nt (reading clerk), and at length, he says, his writings won for him from Henry II. preferment to the position of canon at Bayeux. He was more author... ...man de Brut and the Roman de Rou (i.e. Rollo), a chronicle history of the Dukes of Normandy. This latter was Wace’s last production, and beside havin... ...pathetic inter est. He had begun it in 1160, in obedience to a command of Henry II, but for some unknown reason Henry later trans ferred the honour ... ...o sang right well, mounted on a charger that went swiftly, rode before the duke singing of Charlemagne and of Roland, and of Oliver and the vassals wh... ...Literatur , and ed., A Brandl, Strassburg, 1899. T ranslated into English, 1st ed, I., H.M. Kennedy, New York, 1888, II., i., W.C. Robinson, 1893, II.... ...urry through the halls carrying furs and furred raiment, both vair and the grey. Caerleon seemed rather a fair than a city, at Arthur’s feast. Now tel... ...rings. Never were seen such furs and such ornaments, both the vair and the grey. Never was known so gay and noble a procession of ladies, as this whic...

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...sics Series Publication The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...e Knights Hospitallers of sixty thousand pounds, the present of his father Henry; that he was a ren- egade, whose treachery had occasioned the loss of... ...re it exists, is only retained in the characters of the piece. Abbotsford, 1st July, 1832 8 The Talisman Appendix to Introduction. While warring in t... ...ed as an object of exaggeration as legiti- mate as his valour. Abbotsford, 1st July, 1832. TALES OF THE CRUSADERS. TALE II.—THE TALISMAN. CHAPTER I. T... ...ses in the report of the battles which were daily fought; and while count, duke, and lord contended for her grace, it flowed, unwillingly perhaps at f... ...with his hair, and, like his hair, were dark brown, slightly brindled with grey. His frame seemed of that kind which most readily defies both toil and... ...eap of these silvan spoils lay three alans, as they were then called (wolf-greyhounds, that is), of the largest size, and as white as snow. Their face... ...your quick-conceiving discontent, I’ll read you matter deep and dangerous. Henry IV, Part I. THE MARQUIS OF MONTSERRAT and the Grand Master of the Kni... ...to something better. It feels cold on my brow, that same slight coronal; a duke’s cap of maintenance were a better protection against such a night-bre...

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... Classics Series Publication Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...ad become exorbitant during the reign of Stephen, and whom the prudence of Henry the Second had scarce reduced to some degree of subjection to the cro... ...gs of the inferior classes, arose from the consequences of the Conquest by Duke Will- iam of Normandy . Four generations had not sufficed to blend the... ...e to a ragged wolfish-looking dog, a sort of lurcher, half mas- tiff, half greyhound, which ran limping about as if with the purpose of seconding his ... ...rness, and was allowed to possess the best-trained hawks, and the fleetest greyhounds in the North Riding; circumstances which strongly recommended hi... ...” “I forgive him,” said Cedric; “I forgive him his descent from the tyrant Duke William.” “The Earl of Leicester was the second,” continued the Pil- g... ...master to the death, without hiding either my face or my name.” CHAPTER XI 1st Outlaw. Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about you; If not, we’ll... ...e the villains That all the travellers do fear so much. Va l. My friends,— 1st Out. That’s not so, sir, we are your enemies. 2d Out. Peace! we’ll hear... ...he gave a memorable example in Ire- land, when sent thither by his father, Henry the Second, with the purpose of buying golden opinions of the inhabit...

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...cs Series Pulication Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furn... ...peditions. My eldest brother bore his name. The second was named after the Duke of Clarence, with whom my mother had once danced at a ball on board sh... ...at it was he himself who had been unwilling, perhaps rightly, to press the Duke of Clarence for an appointment to a crack frigate for his namesake. Ho... ... can prey through storms and winds, The poor bee in her hive must dwell.’ —Henry Vaughan. IN IMAGINATION the piteous dejection of our family seems to ... ... returned Mr. Castleford, ‘but bless me, how old are you?’ ‘Seventeen next 1st of November,’ said Clarence. ‘Not a bit too old for a fresh beginning,’... ...garet, who had married the Winslow, lost two or three infants, and died on 1st January 1708, three years later than her husband. Thus far I could see;... ...yn was called off by my mother, and set down, half sulky, half ashamed, to Henry and his Bearer; and Griff, vowing that he believed it was that brute ... ...m only had the effect of directing the rage of the populace against Bishop Grey, who had like- wise opposed the Reform Bill. Messages had been sent to... ...’ the rest: The birdie sure to sing is the gorbal of the nest. ‘The cauld, grey, misty morn aft brings a sunny summer day; The tree wha’s buds are lat...

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...te M. Yonge A Penn State Classics Series Publication Young Folks’ History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ... ........................................................... 22 CHAPTER IX HENRY I., BEAU-CLERC. A.D. 1100—1135 ......................................... ............................................................... 26 CHAPTER XI HENRY II., FITZ-EMPRESS. A.D. 1154-1189 ...................................... ...ormans, who had settled in France, and married Emma, the daughter of their duke; but none of his plans prospered: things grew worse and worse, and his... ...rd wanted to leave his kingdom of En- gland to his mother’s Norman nephew, Duke William, be- cause all his own near relations were still little boys, ... ...d been secretly married to a beautiful lady named Elizabeth Woodville—Lady Grey. Her first husband had been killed fighting for Henry, and she had sto... ...ht up— with his mother’s brother, Lord Rivers; his half-brother, Ri- chard Grey; and other gentlemen. When the tidings came of his father’s death, the... ... the father and son-in-law met in battle on the banks of the Boyne, on the 1st of July, 1690. James was routed; and large numbers of the Irish Protest... ...outed; and large numbers of the Irish Protestants have ever since kept the 1st of July as a great holiday—commemorating the victory by wearing orange ...

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...V olume 1 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vol. One is a publication of the Pennsylvania St... ... side by shores, either cliff or steep earth-bank, of no great height. The grey houses of Pulteney extend along the southerly shore almost to the cape... ...tends athwart the bay. Certainly Wick in itself possesses no beauty: bare, grey shores, grim grey houses, grim grey sea; not even the gleam of red til... ...enson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO MRS. THOMAS STEVENSON HOTEL LANDSBERG, THURSDAY, 1ST AUGUST 1872 ... YESTERDAY I walked to Eckenheim, a village a little way... ...letters – the nicest I have had since I left – De- cember 26th and January 1st: this morning I got January 3rd. Into the bargain with Marie, the Ameri... ... because I have seen him acting so often in the Palais Royal. He plays the Duke in Tricoche et Cacolet; I knew his nose at once. The part he plays her... ...A Romance, is another pair of shoes. It is my old Semiramis, our half-seen Duke and Duchess, which suddenly sprang into sunshine clearness as a story ... ...are forgiving. Letter: TO MR. AND MRS. THOMAS STEVENSON HOTEL DU PA VILLON HENRY IV ., ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, SUNDAY, MAY 1ST, 1881 MY DEAR PEOPLE, – A ... ...nody on Napoleon. 4. Eight books of an unfinished novel, Solomon Crabb. By Henry Fielding. 5. Stevenson’s Moral Emblems. You also neglected to mention...

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