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...hout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and presumption of the nobles of his kingdom....

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...THE CAGED LION by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion b... ...nge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...ate Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...utely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and pre- sumption of the nobles of his kingdom.... ...aving been himself educated at Paris. The Abbey of Coldingham is described from a local com- pilation of the early part of the century, with an accoun... ...e as well as to suffer,’ there was an approach of footsteps, and two young people entered the hall; the first a girl, with a family likeness to Malcol... ...dom hath he? What hope is there of his return? Can he brook to hear of his people’s wretchedness?’ This was the first question at which Sir James atte... ...re never were weary travellers more courte- ously received than we by Lord Northumberland, the cap- tain of Calais.’ ‘Oh, I am glad you came to us Eng... ...e captain of the garri- son, who was commanding in the name of the Earl of Northumberland, Governor of Berwick and Warden of the Marches, and who had ...

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Excerpt: Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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Excerpt: Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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Excerpt: Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge.

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Excerpt: Young Folks? History of England by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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