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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... ...n-schaw.’ After a grave Easter-tide spent at Leicester, the Court moved to Westminster, where Henry had to meet his parliament, and obtain supplies fo... ...hed in rose-water, the royal party took their seats in barges to return to Westminster by the broad and beautiful highway of the Thames. Here at once ...

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...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Bo... ...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden... ... opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE AS THE MOST striking ... ...he collection has been made. It is rather intended as a treasury for young people, where they may find minuter particulars than their abridged histori... ...ew’s Germany. The Escape of Attalus is narrated 4 A Book of Golden Deeds (from Gregory of T ours) in Thierry’s ‘Lettres sur l’Histoire de France;’ th... ...dventures, and those of Prascovia Lopouloff true Elisabeth of Siberia, are from M. le Maistre; the shipwrecks chiefly from Gilly’s ‘Shipwrecks of the ... ...er and thicker from the volcano, and the liquid mud streamed down, and the people fled and struggled on, and still the sentry stood at his post, unfli... ...ter into the spirit that preferred death to transgression. He was tried in Westminster Hall, on the 1st of July, and, as he had fully expected, senten... ...ted, he said, ‘before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Ab- bey.’ In the fleet went, through a fierce storm of shot and...

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

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...GRISELL or THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN: A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication GRI... ...E LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN: A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication GRISLY GRISELL, ... ...E LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN: A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES By Charlotte M. Yonge CHAPTER I—AN EXPL CHAPTER I—AN EXPL CHAPTER I—AN EXPL CHAPTER I—AN EX... ...d blacksmith had their workshops. There was a group of children, the young people who were confided to the great Earl Richard and Countess Alice of Sa... ...ied to King Henry VI. Attendance on the patient had prevented the Countess from hearing the history of the accident, but presently the clatter of hors... ...too eager to accuse him. 6 Grisly Grisell “He took a bar of iron from the forge, so please you, my lord, and put it to the barrel of powder.... ...ined to uphold royalty, while York was con- sidered as the champion of the people. The gentle King and the Beauforts wished for peace with France; the... ...r profusion and splendour, than was to be found at Windsor, Winchester, or Westminster. All the high born sat on the dais, raised on two steps with go... ...eign woman and her brat, who is no more hers than I am, but a mere babe of Westminster town carried into the palace when the poor King Harry was besid...

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...HENRIETTA’S WISH; OR, DOMINEERING by Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Henr... ...HENRIETTA’S WISH; OR, DOMINEERING by Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Henrietta ’s Wis... ...ics Series Publication Henrietta ’s Wish; or, Domineering by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Portabl... ...ull of the utmost ea- gerness, as every two or three minutes she looked up from the book which she held in her hand to examine the clock over the stat... ...ance to “T eignmouth,” and at the same moment vari- ous travellers emerged from the different vehicles. 4 Henrietta’s Wish Her eye eagerly sought out... ...y can take root without some local inter- est, and as to acquaintance, the people are always changing.” “And there is nothing to do,” added Fred; “not... ...amma. Busy Bee says so, and she knows, living in London and seeing so many people as she does.” “I never saw anyone so like a queen,” said Fred. “No, ... ...gford was not overfatigued when she ar- rived at Uncle Geoffrey’s house at Westminster. The cordial- ity of their greeting may be imagined, as a visit... ...vening at Knight Sutton with her, returning themselves the next morning to Westminster. They arrived at Allonfield, executed various commissions with ...

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... reached a second edition, and a good deal of it was used in Sketches of Hampshire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy received many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should be re-edited, but ninety years could not but make a great difference in these days of progress, so that not only had the narrative to be brought up to ...

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...JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Joh... ...JOHN KEBLE’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication John Keble’s Par... ...ublication John Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. T... ...ohn Keble’s Parishes: A History of Hursley and Otterbourne by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...shire, by John Duthy, Esq. An interleaved copy re- ceived many annotations from members of the Heathcote family. There was a proposal that it should b... ...an interest in provincial dialect, some specimens are appended, which come from personal knowledge. The lists of birds and of flowers are both from th... ...star on their base, are picked up in the gravels and called by the country people Shep- herds’ Crowns—or even fossil toads. Large boulder stones are a... ...difficulties or controversies attended to, confirmation given to the young people and children, and, after a meal, the bishop proceeded, sometimes to ... ...eventually he died in magna miseria in sanctuary at St. Martin’s le Grand, Westminster. His son John renounced the pretended claim, and very generousl...

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