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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... poor Anne Boleyn you will , I think , find verified all that I have said . None of you may ever be exposed to the dangers and temptations that so early beset the fair " Star of the Court ; " but all of you , I hope , will experience ...
... poor Anne Boleyn you will , I think , find verified all that I have said . None of you may ever be exposed to the dangers and temptations that so early beset the fair " Star of the Court ; " but all of you , I hope , will experience ...
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... poor : she had attracted the attentions of Henry VIII . but married to please herself , and was suf- fered to live in poverty . At an early age these children experienced a loss that is seldom to be made up , that of their mother but we ...
... poor : she had attracted the attentions of Henry VIII . but married to please herself , and was suf- fered to live in poverty . At an early age these children experienced a loss that is seldom to be made up , that of their mother but we ...
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... rendered her serviceable ; and her facility in speaking French must have been most useful to her poor mistress . The extreme simplicity and doleful tone of the following letter , written by the mourning bride , ANNE BOLEYN . 17.
... rendered her serviceable ; and her facility in speaking French must have been most useful to her poor mistress . The extreme simplicity and doleful tone of the following letter , written by the mourning bride , ANNE BOLEYN . 17.
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... poor to furnish himself with them . King Henry , little suspecting the cruel trial he exposed his lovely sister to , furnished his handsome and gallant favourite with these splendid necessaries , and the Duke of Suf- folk ( for to that ...
... poor to furnish himself with them . King Henry , little suspecting the cruel trial he exposed his lovely sister to , furnished his handsome and gallant favourite with these splendid necessaries , and the Duke of Suf- folk ( for to that ...
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... on his youthful spouse , Charles Brandon won all the heroic honours of the day , and was the universal conqueror . What a trial it must have been for poor * Miss Benger . She Mary when he claimed , as was customary , ANNE BOLEYN . 21.
... on his youthful spouse , Charles Brandon won all the heroic honours of the day , and was the universal conqueror . What a trial it must have been for poor * Miss Benger . She Mary when he claimed , as was customary , ANNE BOLEYN . 21.
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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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