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... means the walls were scaled , and the city entered . Ninus , struck with her wis- dom and her charms , entreated her husband to resign Semiramis to him , offering his daughter , the Princess Sosana , in exchange , and threatening to put ...
... means the walls were scaled , and the city entered . Ninus , struck with her wis- dom and her charms , entreated her husband to resign Semiramis to him , offering his daughter , the Princess Sosana , in exchange , and threatening to put ...
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... means of a bridge ; and the immense lake which she had before sunk became the farther means of extending her fame . It was a matter of general inconvenience to the citizens , in the days of former kings , that whoever desired to pass ...
... means of a bridge ; and the immense lake which she had before sunk became the farther means of extending her fame . It was a matter of general inconvenience to the citizens , in the days of former kings , that whoever desired to pass ...
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... means to subsist his troops even in the midst of the de- sert every day added to the number and strength of his army- every day increased the difficulties of Zenobia , and the despair of the Palmyrenes . The city would not hold out much ...
... means to subsist his troops even in the midst of the de- sert every day added to the number and strength of his army- every day increased the difficulties of Zenobia , and the despair of the Palmyrenes . The city would not hold out much ...
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... mean- ness of cowardice , and the suicidal tendency of misfortune and despair . And such are the leading features in almost every chapter of the world's history , where states and empires have changed masters . The record of the ...
... mean- ness of cowardice , and the suicidal tendency of misfortune and despair . And such are the leading features in almost every chapter of the world's history , where states and empires have changed masters . The record of the ...
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... means of knowing the truth than we have . Here are his quaint sayings on the subject : - " It is said that a lyon was put to King Richard , being in prison , to have devoured him , and when the lyon was gaping he put his arm in his ...
... means of knowing the truth than we have . Here are his quaint sayings on the subject : - " It is said that a lyon was put to King Richard , being in prison , to have devoured him , and when the lyon was gaping he put his arm in his ...
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admiration affection afterward Alhama Ann Boleyn appeared arms army Arragon Austria Beatrice beautiful became beheld Berengaria Boabdil brother Cadiz captivity Castile Catherine Cenci character Charles Charlotte Corday Christian church Columbus court crime crown Czar daughter death declared died dominions Duke Duke of Lorraine emperor empress enemy England exclaimed eyes father feelings Ferdinand France Frederick Granada hand head heart Henry honor husband Iceni immediately Isabella Joanna King Richard kingdom kingdoms of Castile ladies Laura Leonora LEONORA D'ESTE Lord Lucrezia magnificent Maria Theresa Marquis of Cadiz marriage mind minister Moëns monarch Moorish Moors mother never noble palace passion peace Peter Petrarch Pope present Prince princess prison Queen Eleanora received reign rendered replied Roman Rome royal Russia Sancho the Wise Semiramis sent siege Silesia sister soon soul sovereign spirit Tasso thousand threw throne tion took treaty Vienna wife woman young Zenobia
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Page 196 - ... enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me ; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain, of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter. Try me, good king...
Page 196 - Try me, good King, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and...
Page 191 - ... all my other servants a year's pay besides their due, lest otherwise they should be unprovided for. Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes desire you above all things.
Page 195 - SIR, — Your Grace's displeasure and my imprisonment are things so strange unto me, as what to write or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth and so obtain your...
Page 276 - The crown of St. Stephen, which had never before been placed on so small or so lovely a head, had been lined with cushions to make it fit ; it was also very heavy, and its weight, added to the heat of the weather, incommoded her ; when she sat down to dinner in the great hall of the castle, she expressed a wish to lay it aside. On lifting the diadem from her brow, her hair, loosened from confinement, fell down in luxuriant ringlets over her neck and...
Page 29 - Roman people," says Aurelian, in an original letter, "speak with contempt of the war which I am waging against a woman. They are ignorant both of the character and of the power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons. Every part of the walls is provided with two or three balistce, and artificial fires are thrown from her military engines.
Page 196 - ... professed enemy. I no sooner received this message by him, than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty perform your command. ' But let not your Grace ever imagine, that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Page 197 - ... appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not, whatsoever the world may think of me, mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared. My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure...
Page 197 - ... that myself may only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of Anne Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request...
Page 197 - Boleyn hath been pleasing in your ears, then let me obtain this request ; and I will so leave to trouble your grace any further, with mine earnest prayers to the Trinity to have your grace in his, good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions. From my doleful prison in the Tower, this sixth of May ; " Your most loyal and ever faithful wife,