Henry Stuart: Cardinal of York and His Times

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Longmans, Green, 1908 - 353 Seiten

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Seite 295 - Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Seite iii - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils Himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Seite 258 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Seite 297 - But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Seite 110 - O it was aye in battle readie ! His lang lang hair in yellow hanks Waved o'er his cheeks sae sweet and ruddie ; But now they wave o'er Carlisle yetts In dripping ringlets clotting bloodie.
Seite 113 - ... sensible that, all things considered, he would have been useless to you remaining in the world. But let us look forward and not backward. The resolution is taken, and will be executed before your answer to this can come here. If you think proper to say you were ignorant of it, and do not approve it, I shall not take it amiss of you ; but, for God's sake...
Seite 193 - I am persuaded we should gain ground as to everything, were it not for the nasty botle, that goes on but too much, and certainly must at last kill him.
Seite 114 - I forgive you the more sincerely and cordially all the trouble you have given me, that I am persuaded it was not your intention to fail towards me, and that I shall Have reason to be pleased with you for the time to come, since all I request of you hereafter is your personal love and affection for me and your brother. Those who may have had their own views in endeavouring to remove us from your affairs have compassed their end. We are satisfied, and you remain master; so that I see no bone of contention...
Seite 112 - I were unalterably determined on the matter, and that we foresaw you might probably not approve of 'it, we thought it would be showing you more regard, and that it would be even more agreeable to you, that the thing should be done before your answer could come here, and to have it in your power to say, it was done without your knowledge and approbation.
Seite 84 - Every one knew before he engaged in the cause, what he was to expect in case it miscarried, and should have staid at home if he could not face Death in any shape: but can I myself hope for better usage?

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