The star of the court, or, The maid of honour and queen of England, Anne BoleynGrant and Griffith, 1844 - 161 pages |
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... happiness . The true character and position of woman , from the moment of her exile from Eden , is to be found briefly but uniformly described in the sacred Scriptures . Her position is one of retirement and meek- ▻ ness ; her true and ...
... happiness . The true character and position of woman , from the moment of her exile from Eden , is to be found briefly but uniformly described in the sacred Scriptures . Her position is one of retirement and meek- ▻ ness ; her true and ...
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... happiness of women . Vanity also hardens the heart , and renders it capable of even feeling pleasure in the sufferings of others . Vanity , too , can blind the eyes , and cause us to be led pleasantly on until we awake as from a dream ...
... happiness of women . Vanity also hardens the heart , and renders it capable of even feeling pleasure in the sufferings of others . Vanity , too , can blind the eyes , and cause us to be led pleasantly on until we awake as from a dream ...
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... happiest sphere ; the narrow path of piety and peace that which alone she can tread in safety . To teach by example rather than by pre- cept , is the object of this narrative ; and the story of her who was said to be " the Star of the ...
... happiest sphere ; the narrow path of piety and peace that which alone she can tread in safety . To teach by example rather than by pre- cept , is the object of this narrative ; and the story of her who was said to be " the Star of the ...
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... happiness on a throne while her heart and affections were in the land she had left . On New - year's day , about two months after his wedding festivities , old King Louis died , and Mary's brother King Henry , un- conscious 22 THE STAR ...
... happiness on a throne while her heart and affections were in the land she had left . On New - year's day , about two months after his wedding festivities , old King Louis died , and Mary's brother King Henry , un- conscious 22 THE STAR ...
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... happier bride than she had left it . Perhaps , as we said before , were the end of every love story written , might dark shades appear on the page which the novelist closes in all the glow of rapturous felicity . Her brother Henry VIII ...
... happier bride than she had left it . Perhaps , as we said before , were the end of every love story written , might dark shades appear on the page which the novelist closes in all the glow of rapturous felicity . Her brother Henry VIII ...
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12 Engravings 24 Engravings admired ambition ANECDOTES Anne Boleyn Anne's beauty Blickling Hall bride brother Cardinal Wolsey chamber character charms child CHILDREN Church cloth of gold coloured coronation court Cranmer crown dancing death Duke Duke of Angoulême Earl of Northumberland Elizabeth England English eyes farewell father favour foolscap 8vo France French Frontispiece Grace happiness hath head heart Henry VIII Henry's Hever Castle HISTORY hope husband Illustrated with 24 ISAAC TAYLOR Jane Seymour King Henry King's Lady Anne LESSONS lived Lord Percy Lord Rochford Maid of Honour MAMMA'S BIBLE STORIES manner marriage married Mary monarch morocco mother noble Norfolk passions person plain pleasure poet pomp poor Anne Price Princess proud Queen Anne Queen Claude Queen Katharine racter Reformation robes rode royal says scene Second Edition shewed Sir Thomas Wyatt sister Sixth Edition sorrow Star tion Tower velvet Viscount Rochford wife woman youth
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Page 84 - Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then if thou fall'st...
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Page 131 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Page 141 - You have chosen me from a low estate to be your queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire. If then you found me worthy of such honour, good your grace, let not any light fancy, or bad counsel of mine enemies, withdraw...
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