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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... pleasure the happy evenings we have spent , even as I now picture to myself the dear domestic circles in which I have passed hours not to be forgotten , though scenes and circumstances have varied with each passing day . Still , while I ...
... pleasure the happy evenings we have spent , even as I now picture to myself the dear domestic circles in which I have passed hours not to be forgotten , though scenes and circumstances have varied with each passing day . Still , while I ...
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... 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 to find ourselves in darkness and sorrow . In the character , history , and fate of poor Anne ...
... 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 to find ourselves in darkness and sorrow . In the character , history , and fate of poor Anne ...
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... pleasure , nor yet to mine own advantage . I am · · · well assured that when ye know the truth of everything as my mother Guildeford can shew ye , ye would full little have thought I should be thus treated . " Would to God my Lord of ...
... pleasure , nor yet to mine own advantage . I am · · · well assured that when ye know the truth of everything as my mother Guildeford can shew ye , ye would full little have thought I should be thus treated . " Would to God my Lord of ...
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... pleasure he conferred on her and his messenger , despatched his gal- lant and courtly favorite Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , to the assistance and pro- tection of the young widow . We cannot wonder that before she returned to the ...
... pleasure he conferred on her and his messenger , despatched his gal- lant and courtly favorite Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , to the assistance and pro- tection of the young widow . We cannot wonder that before she returned to the ...
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... as well as gaiety and pleasure , were patronised , Anne was brought to England by her father , appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Katha- rine , the wife of Henry VIII . and took her D post in the English court , of which , it. III.
... as well as gaiety and pleasure , were patronised , Anne was brought to England by her father , appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Katha- rine , the wife of Henry VIII . and took her D post in the English court , of which , it. III.
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