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A. B. FROST Abbot of Abingdon Alasco Amy Robsart answered Varney Anthony Foster apartment Beeton's better betwixt Black Bear Blount called castle chamber cloak cloth gilt command countenance Countess Countess of Leicester court courtiers Cumnor Cumnor-Place devil Ditto door dress Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Earl's Elizabeth exclaimed eyes fair father favour fear Flibbertigibbet followed gentleman Giles Gosling gold Grace guest hall hand hastily hath heard heart Heaven honour horse host hostler instantly Janet Kenilworth lady Laneham Leicester's look Lord Leicester Lord of Leicester lord's lordship madam Master Tressilian Master Varney Mervyn's Michael Lambourne mistress night noble once person pleasure poor present Queen Raleigh replied Varney Richard Varney secret seemed shalt Sir Hugh Robsart speak sword tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought thyself Tony Tony Foster Tower Wayland Smith wife word yonder
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Page 7 - s their estate ; To smile for joy than sigh for woe, To be content than to be great. " How far less blest am I than them ! Daily to pine and waste with care, Like the poor plant, that, from its stem Divided, feels the chilling air.
Page 175 - That very time I saw, (but thou couldst not, ) Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd ; a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And...
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Page 147 - Ealeigh, to whom nature had taught intuitively, as it were, those courtly arts which many scarce acquire from long experience, knelt, and, as he took from her hand the jewel, kissed the fingers which gave it. He knew...
Page 145 - It is no longer mine," said Walter; "when your majesty's foot touched it, it became a fit mantle for a prince, but far too rich a one for its former owner.