In love and war, Volume 2R. Bentley and Son, 1877 |
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Abbot Albany and Mar Angus answered apartments appearance barons Bertrand bowed brother brow calm captain chamber Cochrane's command countenance court cried dare dark desire door doubt dread drew Duke of Albany dungeon Earl of Angus Earl of Mar ejaculated exclaimed eyes face faith fate Fause Foodrage favourite fear friends give Gordon Grace gracious guard hand hastily hauberk head heart Heaven hesitated hither honour humour huskily instant James Janfarie Johnnie Armstrong Katherine Katherine's King King's knave lady Lamington Lanark liege Linlithgow look Lord Gray madam Majesty Majesty's mand Margaret matter ment mercy monarch murder-hole Mysie nobles obeyed palace Panther pardon passage passion pause pledge poniard present prisoner proof Queen ready rendered Rogers roused royal Scotland secret passage seek seemed servant Sir Robert Cochrane sire speak spoke stand stood summons sword thought tidings to-morrow Torphichen trust turbed voice waiting whilst words
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Page 28 - Of all the palaces so fair, Built for the royal dwelling, In Scotland, far beyond compare Linlithgow is excelling...
Page 83 - Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, Save an unhappy lady's sighs, That issued from that lonely pile. " Leicester,"- she cried, " is this thy love That thou so oft hast sworn to me, To leave me in this lonely grove, Immured in shameful privity? " No more thou com'st with lover's speed, Thy...
Page 83 - Thus sore and sad that lady grieved, In Cumnor Hall so lone and drear ; And many a heartfelt sigh she heaved, And let fall many a bitter tear. And ere the dawn of day...
Page 176 - And swore it suld be he. When bells were rung, and mass was sung, And a' men bound to bed, King Honour .and his gay ladye In a high chamber were laid.
Page 133 - He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the ba ; And the bonny Earl of Murray Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 284 - A boon, a boon, my noble liege, A boon, a boon, I beg o thee, And the first boon that I come to crave Is to grant me the life of Young Logie.
Page 198 - Away, away, thou traitor strang ! Out o' my sight soon mayst thou be ! I grantit never a traitor's life, And now I'll not begin wi' thee ! "— " Grant me my life, my liege, my King!
Page 198 - Wi' a' his men sae brave to see, The king he movit his bonnet to him ; He ween'd he was a king as weel as he. " May I find grace, my sovereign liege, Grace for my loyal men and me ? For my name it is Johnie Armstrang, And a subject of yours, my liege,
Page 96 - Baby by the hands And led her oer the green, And ilka lady spake a word, But bonny Baby spake nane. 1? Then out it spake her bonny Jean, The youngest o the three, 'O lady, dinna look sae sad, But tell your grief to me.
Page 133 - I bade you bring him wi' you, But forbade you him to slay. He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring; And the bonny Earl of Murray, O he might hae been a king...