The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth and Marvels, Volume 2G. Routledge, 1889 |
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Page 18
... look at the fight , " Twas in just such another one , ( Names only bother one- Dutch ones indeed are sufficient to smother one- ) In the Netherlands somewhere - I cannot say where- Suffice it that there La Fortune de guerre Gave a cast ...
... look at the fight , " Twas in just such another one , ( Names only bother one- Dutch ones indeed are sufficient to smother one- ) In the Netherlands somewhere - I cannot say where- Suffice it that there La Fortune de guerre Gave a cast ...
Page 19
... away , And the victor comes for a last survey Of the well - fought field of yesterday ! No triumphs flush that haughty brow , - No proud exulting look is there , - His eagle glance is humbled now , As , earthward A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 19.
... away , And the victor comes for a last survey Of the well - fought field of yesterday ! No triumphs flush that haughty brow , - No proud exulting look is there , - His eagle glance is humbled now , As , earthward A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 19.
Page 27
... look dismal , and grow " melan - choly , " And , in short , to be anything rather than gay . He goes on to remark that " to punish her lover , Wring his bosom , and draw the tear into his eye , There is but one method " which he can ...
... look dismal , and grow " melan - choly , " And , in short , to be anything rather than gay . He goes on to remark that " to punish her lover , Wring his bosom , and draw the tear into his eye , There is but one method " which he can ...
Page 28
... look up to Heaven , And all was o'er ! - Poor Therese was no more- She was gone ! -the last breath that she managed to draw Escaped in one half - uttered word - ' twas " St. Foix ! Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares when you feel ...
... look up to Heaven , And all was o'er ! - Poor Therese was no more- She was gone ! -the last breath that she managed to draw Escaped in one half - uttered word - ' twas " St. Foix ! Who can fly from himself ? Bitter cares when you feel ...
Page 29
... repair ; Such a shirt too ! you'd think he'd no linen to spare . He omitted to shave ; he neglected his hair , And look'd more like a Guy than a gay Mousquetaire . One thing , above all , most excited remark ; A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 29.
... repair ; Such a shirt too ! you'd think he'd no linen to spare . He omitted to shave ; he neglected his hair , And look'd more like a Guy than a gay Mousquetaire . One thing , above all , most excited remark ; A LEGEND OF FRANCE . 29.
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