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...Excerpt: SUFFOLK. As by your high imperial majesty I had in charge at my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne and Alencon, Seven earls, twelve barons and twenty reverend bishop...

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...n charge at my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city, Tours, ... ...argaret, daughter unto Reignier King of Naples, Sicilia and Jerusa lem, and crown her Queen of England ere the thirtieth of May next ensuing. Item, t... ...ance and Frenchmen might be kept in awe, And had his highness in his infancy Crowned in Paris in despite of foes? And shall these labors and these hon... .... Consider, lords, he is the next of blood, And heir apparent to the English crown: Had Henry got an empire by his marriage, And all the wealthy kingd... ...uffolk, within fourteen days At Bristol I expect my soldiers; For there I’ll ship them all for Ireland. SUFFOLK: I’ll see it truly done, my Lord of Y... ...HENRY VI : Thus stands my state, ‘twixt Cade and York distress’d. Like to a ship that, having ‘scaped a tempest, Is straightway calm’d and boarded wi...

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...?” “Oh, sir, twenty-five years.” “And how much is the pension?” “A hundred crowns.” “Poor humanity!” murmured Monte Cristo. “What did you say, sir?” a... ...ld be turned off, and lose my pension.” “Three hundred francs?” “A hundred crowns, yes, sir; so you see that I am not likely to do any of these things... ...h is here dinning in my ears from morning to night; that noise of jingling crowns, which are constantly being counted and re-counted, is odious to me.... ...ou were the first who told me of the Haitian funds. You had dreamed that a ship had entered the harbor at Havre, that this ship brought news that a pa... ... rattling the dice.” “Ah, that boy will find out some Bavarian or Peruvian princess; he will want a crown and an immense fortune.” “No; these grand lo... ...ed you if you knew him?” “Extremely well.” “Who is he?” “The son of a rich shipbuilder in Malta.” “I know that is the report; but, as you are aware, t... ...n without doing so? Elssler was dancing in the ‘Diable Boiteux;’ the Greek princess was in ecstasies. After the cachucha he placed a magnificent ring ... ..., to do honor to the gift, reappeared with it on her finger. And the Greek princess, — will she be here?” “No, you will be deprived of that pleasure; ... ...“It is possible.” “He is a Maltese.” “That is also possible. “The son of a shipowner.” “Really, you should relate all this aloud, you would have the g...

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...RGARET : Which God revenge! GLOUCESTER: To fight on Edward’s party for the crown; And for his meed, poor lord, he is mew’d up. I would to God my hea... ...e mine. GLOUCESTER: The curse my noble father laid on thee, When thou didst crown his warlike brows with paper And with thy scorns drew’st rivers fro... ...reful mother, Of the young prince your son: send straight for him Let him be crown’d; in him your comfort lives: Drown desperate sorrow in dead Edward... ... proceedings in this cause. GLOUCESTER: And to that end we wish’d your lord ship here, To avoid the carping censures of the world. BUCKINGHAM: But s... ...t in her tender heart the aspiring flame Of golden sovereignty; acquaint the princess King Richard III, Act IV , scene iv 89 With the sweet silent h... ...e they not now upon the western shore. Safe conducting the rebels from their ships! STANLEY: No, my good lord, my friends are in the north. KING RICH...

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...ale Taile; and he proved a passing noble knight, and mighty; and many wor- shipful deeds he did after in his life; and Sir Plenorius proved a noble kn... .... Ah, Sir Lamorak, why sayest thou so? it is not thy part to dispraise thy princess that thou art under her obeissance, and we all. And therewith he a... ...y took Kehydius at the forester’s house, and so they rode with him to the ship where they left Dame Bragwaine and Gouvernail, and so they sailed into... ...f the country of Cornwall; and there were many barons brought him unto his ship, of the which some were his friends and some his foes. 37 Le Morte Da... ...or so valiant as that knight that beareth the trap- pings embroidered with crowns. And then Sir Tristram and Sir Dinadan departed from them into a for...

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...ic—as a faithful picture of the last days of the moyen age, when kings and princesses, brave gentlemen and haughty ladies laughed openly at stories an... ...dissolute life and yet not making less, nay—gaining more indulgences, gold crowns and benefices than all the other virtuous and well-behaved ones. Now... ...ible questions, but on the morrow if by chance he met one of the aforesaid princesses dressed out, seated in a litter and escorted by her proud and we... ...f a cardi- nal at the least, and I am weeping because I lack more than one crown to enable me to convert her.” The archbishop, knitting the circumflex... ...Thus she lived beloved and respected, quite as much as the real ladies and princesses, and was called Madame, concerning which the good Emperor Sigism... ... more than an abbey. Ah, V entredieu! my young friend, here are 100 golden crowns for thy journey to the Abbey of Turpenay, which I won yesterday at c... ...maid cried softly in the curtains to the king’s sweetheart, that his lord- ship was there, and jumped into bed, while her mistress went out as if she ...

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...capon was prepared by the choicest skill of Mistress Susan, and the little shipwrecked stranger lay fast asleep in the cradle. All was well with it no... ...d not lost at sea.” The token was a small gold cross, of peculiar workman- ship, with a crystal in the middle, through which might be seen some myster... ...wo large tankards had been filled with Xeres sack, cap- tured in a Spanish ship, “the only good thing that ever came from Spain,” quoth the sailor. Th... ...e shoulder-blades, where two marks had been indelibly made—on one side the crowned monogram of the Blessed Virgin, on the other a device like the Laba... ... lodge.” “See to her—mark her little dignity with her heather and bluebell crown as she sits on the rock, as stately as jewels could make her! See her... ...wn taper waist. And pray how much an ell was yonder broidered stuff?” “Two crowns, an’t please your Grace,” returned the sup- 40 Un... ...hame, Humfrey,” again cried Cis, passionately. “Why, delivering imprisoned princesses always was the work of a true knight.” “Y ea; but they first def... ...excuse for prying and spying, and besetting the most beautiful and unhappy princess in the world for her true faith and true right!” “Master Antony Ba... ... masters and the lads would soon drive out of him all dreams about captive princesses and seminary priests to boot. For, Cousin Francis, I would have ...

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...o Prison, some, as Governess de Tourzelle, are to be let go: one, the poor Princess de Lamballe, is not let go; but waits in the strong-rooms of La Fo... ...d conducted back, elbowed by howling galleries; but is not acquitted here. Princess de Lamballe has lain down on bed: “Madame, you are to be removed t... ...e as the Barrases, old as the rocks of Provence;’ he is one. The reckless, shipwrecked man: flung ashore on the coast of the Maldives long ago, while ... ...an clutches a rolling ball with his hat, which takes fire; when cool, they crown it with a bonnet rouge. ’ Memorable also be that nimble Barber, who w... ... Guadets triumphed. Vergniaud’s Ezekiel-visions of the fall of thrones and crowns, which he spake hypothetically and prophetically in the Spring of th... ...rs, if thou couldst but act!’ 92 The French Revolution - V olume Three To crown all, victorious Dumouriez, in these New-year’s days, is arrived in Pa... ...ught to do. And yet at bottom it is not the King dying, but the Man! King- ship is a coat; the grand loss is of the skin. The man from whom you take h... ...ng; we could see only that always when the King spoke, the sobbings of the Princesses redoubled, continued for some minutes; and that then the King be... ...dness to think: well, if you can get to Quimper on the sea-coast, and take shipping there. Faster, ever faster! Before the end of the march, so hot ha...

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...autifully vaulted arches supporting a battlement, that gave the building a crowned look. On the topmost tower was of course planted the ensign of the ... ...of an artful Englishwoman, and been drawn in to promise her a share in his crown.’ A flush of crimson flamed forth on Sir James Stewart’s cheeks, and ... ... than he sprang forward to the harper, crying, ‘Again, again; another gold crown to hear it again!’ ‘Sir,’ entreated Nigel, ‘remember how much hangs o... ... tell the story of her exchange for a freight of gold and spices, only the ship sailed from Denmark,’ ‘Maybe,’ said Henry; ‘but I would maintain the t... ...ized to Duchess Jaqueline for her husband’s taste for low company, neither princess wished to forego the chance of amusement; and a brilliant cavalcad... ...r French than most of the nobles. Malcolm felt as averse as did the French princesses to burgher wealth and splendour, and his mind had not opened to ... ...e Lady Mayoress promised some of these curious cooling drinks for the poor shipwright who hath well-nigh cloven off his own foot with his axe.’ ‘Yea, ... ...e of Wales fought, and of whom such grew- some tales were told. The pretty princess might almost have 79 Yo n g e had a boding what sort of husband t... ...My certie, I kenned ye but by your voice! Ye’re verily grown into a goodly ship after all, and ye stood as brave as the rest. My poor father would hav...

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...dle, where they rose higher to allow the passage of the London and Antwerp shipping and the Hamburg- America liners. Then heavy motor-cars began to ru... ...ming. Glasgow he reached by one o’clock, and it is related that scarcely a ship-yard or factory in that busy hive of industry resumed work before half... ...tenderness in his voice, about his mother and his childhood—his mother who crowned a complete encyclopedia of maternal virtue by being “largely Scotch... ... the badinage of the passersby. And there were several navi- gable gas air-ships, not to mention balloons, in the air. It was all immensely interestin... ... Bert began to light matches from a borrowed boxful, and search for a half-crown that still eluded him among the charred remains. His face was grave a... ...rope, and almost brought about a new T rojan war, was his abduction of the Princess Helena of Norway and his blank refusal to marry her. Then followed... ...f civilisation and disorder. In one quarter, palaces of marble, laced and, crowned with light and flame and flowers, towered up into her mar- 117 H G...

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...h. For this and other reasons, in the year 1620 they embarked on board the ship Mayflower, and crossed the ocean, to the shores of Cape Cod. There the... ...ll his comforts in England, and embarked, with Lady Arbella, on board of a ship bound for America.” As Grandfather was frequently impeded by the quest... ...as nearly as possible in his own words, the story of the Lady Arbella. The ship in which Mr. Johnson and his lady embarked, taking Grandfather’s chair... ...and good man can in no other way make him so glorious as by giving him the crown of martyrdom.” In order that the children might fully understand the ... ...d the king’s daughter, and was therefore considered to have a claim to the crown. On his arrival in England, the Prince of Orange was proclaimed king,... ... may get rid of him in four years; whereas a dynasty of kings may wear the crown for an unlimited period.” The German elector was proclaimed king from... ...s old. “It puts me in mind,” said Laurence, “of the story of the enchanted princess, who slept many a hundred years, and awoke as young and beautiful ...

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..., for these three dodgers, who had already made noise enough for a hundred crowns, and who most certainly would not even have given up the copper coin... ...en, although he kept his eyes 10 Balzac wide open, the royal surface of a crown, and knowing that if all that glittered were gold it would be cheaper... ... kitchen, watching the nameless ones, and going a step forward to save his crowns, and going a step back to save his crown, in case they should be rea... ...ing —a state of things much preferred. But to continue: When this virtuous princess was naked and shameless between the sheets, the said girls (those ... ... Jacques de Beaune was a thorough ladies’ man, could walk by the side of a princess without disgracing her, had a brave and resolute air which please ... ...y the disloyal lover, no one had been able to inform the noble dame of the princess’s departure, so she hastened to the splendid cham- ber, which, in ... ...ain of the archers of the town re- siding at the castle; Jehan Rabelais, a ships’ painter and boat maker residing at the port at the isle of St. Jacqu... ... hell with regard to the sacred instincts of the Church. But in this great shipwreck of my fragile virtue, which will be to you as a warning to fly fr... ... I felt my old bones crack, my brain received a warm light, my heart tran- shipped young and boiling blood. I was light in myself, and by virtue of th...

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...titude, and rhythmically and decorously bewailing the fates of those great crowned persons. The Muse of History hath encumbered her- self with ceremon... ...blishment, her maids, lap-dogs, and gentlewomen, her priest, and his lord- ship her husband, to Castlewood Hall, that she had never seen since she qui... ...t the chapel of Castlewood (though the chapel had been built for that wor- ship before any other was heard of in the country, and though the service w... ...ild had of a different coun- try; and a town with tall white houses: and a ship. But these were quite indistinct in the boy’s mind, as indeed the memo... ...hens by a single sermon? What is a scholarship at Trinity by the side of a crown of martyrdom, with angels awaiting you as your head is taken off? Cou... ...ry who remained faithful to the old King’s cause; and no prince usurping a crown, as his en- emies said he did, (righteously taking it, as I think now... ...; and she tossed up her head (which hung down commonly) with the mien of a princess. “Hey-day!” says my lord, who was standing by the fire- place—inde... ...d the Tower; and St. James’s; and the play; and the Prince George, and the Princess Anne—didn’t you, Trix?” “They are both very fat, and smelt of bran... ... not only that her reign was over, but that her successor was appointed, a Princess of a noble house in Drury Lane somewhere, who was installed and vi...

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..., and in far worse metaphori- cal; beaconing the nightly main. Also of the shipping in- 16 The French Revolution—V olume Two terest, and the landed-i... ...&c.) It was so de- lightful to have one’s Philosophe Theorem demonstrated, crowned in the saloons: and now an infatuated people will not continue spec... ...number. In lowly parlour, as in lofty sa- loon, the wine-cup passes round; crowned by the smiles of Beauty; be it of lightly-tripping Grisette, or of ... ...h health to the souls of men? Alas, by the simplest: by Two Hundred shaven-crowned Individuals, ‘in snow-white albs, with tri- color girdles,’ arrange... ...to order; convicted ‘Chevaliers of the Poniard!’ Within is as the burning ship; without is as the deep sea. Within is no help; his Majesty, looking f... ...st live and die among such mortals?’ (Fils Adoptif, ubi supra.) Alas, poor Princess, Yes. ‘She is the only man, ’ as Mirabeau observes, ‘whom his Maje... ...ng there, still unfallen. What things depended on that one man! He is as a ship suddenly shivered on sunk rocks: much swims on the waste waters, far f... ...anders, no man questioning them. Pre- cisely in the same manner, beautiful Princess de Lamballe set off, about the same hour; and will reach England s... ...n; then tumbles, dis- missed, washed away by the Time-flood. Also the fair Princess de Lamballe intrigues, bosom friend of her Majesty: to the angerin...

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...ered with this overlooking disposition, we ought never to contract friend ship but with a degree of folly which we can deceive; for I hope my friends... ...e it, to turn the scale of that good man’s pity, and to engage his friend ship and his benefaction. When therefore he plainly saw Master Blifil was... ...what Jones had done. He said the perseverance and integrity of his friend ship was highly commendable, and he wished he could see more frequent insta... ...m by it. So I hope your ladyship will not mention a word; for he gave me a crown never to mention it, and made me swear upon a book, but I believe, in... ...—”Yes, Honour, says he (this was some time afterwards, when he gave me the crown), I am neither such a coxcomb, or such a villain, as to think of her ... ... between kingdoms, as when a daughter of France is married into Spain, the princess herself is alone considered in the match? No! it is a match betwee... ...s, A Foundling by Henry Fielding 246 own person; and if the example of a princess cannot in spire you with these noble thoughts, you cannot surely ... ...noble thoughts, you cannot surely complain at being used no worse than all princesses are used.” “I hope, madam,” cries Sophia, with a little elevat... ...d already. Two journeys at 5s. each, two dressings at 5s. more, and half a crown for phlebotomy.”—”I hope,” said Jones, “you don’t intend to leave me ...

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... English quite, Except some petty towns of no import: The Dauphin Charles is crowned king of Rheims; The Bastard of Orleans with him is join’d; Reigni... ... take his part; The Duke of Alencon flieth to his side. EXETER: The Dauphin crowned king! all fly to him! O, whither shall we fly from this reproach?... ...is none but I shall pay: I’ll hale the Dauphin headlong from his throne: His crown shall be the ransom of my friend; Four of their lords I’ll change f... ...s; Dispersed are the glories it included. Now am I like that proud insulting ship Which Caesar and his fortune bare at once. CHARLES: Was Mahomet ins... ... King Henry goes; For friendly counsel cuts off many foes. GLOUCESTER: Your ships already are in readiness. [Sennet. Flourish. Exeunt all but EXETER ... ...so? MARGARET: I cry you mercy, ’tis but Quid for Quo. SUFFOLK: Say, gentle princess, would you not suppose Your bondage happy, to be made a queen? M... ...lk against the tide, So am I driven by breath of her renown Either to suffer shipwreck or arrive Where I may have fruition of her love. SUFFOLK: Tush...

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...and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls deified among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pol lutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on... ...ier brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. Fog in the e... ...n town for a few days previous to her departure for Paris, where her lady ship intends to stay some weeks, after which her movements are uncertain. T... ...my vanity. I was brought up, from my earliest remembrance—like some of the princesses in the fairy stories, only I was not charming—by my godmother. A... ...subscription cards to the whole post office directory—shilling cards, half crown cards, half sovereign cards, penny cards. They wanted everything. Th... ...served that he doubled his right fist and delivered a secret blow into the crown of his cap, which was under his left arm. “This gives me a great adva... ...As he shuffles downstairs, Mr. Snagsby, lying in wait for him, puts a half crown in his hand. “If you ever see me com ing past your crossing with my ... ...fairy had built the house for me with a wave of her wand, and I had been a princess and her favoured god child, I could not have been more considered...

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... And why so? First Gentleman: He that hath miss’d the princess is a thing Too bad for bad report: and he that hath her— I mean... ...First Gentleman: We must forbear: here comes the gentleman, The queen, and princess. [Exeunt.] [Enter the QUEEN, POSTHUMUS LEONATUS, and IMOGEN .] Q... ...irs of ‘s mind Could best express how slow his soul sail’d on, How swift his ship. IMOGEN: Thou shouldst have made him As little as... ...o a wedded lady, That hath her husband banish’d;—O, that husband! My supreme crown of grief! and those repeated Vexations of it! Had I been thief stol... ...of honor sets him off, More than a mortal seeming. Be not angry, Most mighty princess, that I have adventured To try your taking a false report; which... ...e iii 29 Yet you are curb’d from that enlargement by The consequence o’ the crown, and must not soil The precious note of it with a base slave. A hil... ...at ever touch’d him—he was carried From off our coast, twice beaten; and his shipping— Poor ignorant baubles!—upon our terrible seas, Like egg shells ... ...r laws, Who was the first of Britain which did put His brows within a golden crown and call’d Himself a king. CAIUS LUCIUS: I am sorry, Cymbel... ...ur will, have cross’d the sea, attending You here at Milford Haven with your ships: They are in readiness. CAIUS LUCIUS : But what from Ro...

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...e heard indeed many fine stories told of rats, how they abandon houses and ships, when the first are to be burnt and the second dround. Naturalists sa... ... Scotch regiment then besieged in Trailsund, saying they heard there was a ship come from Denmark to them laden with tobacco pipes, “One of our soldie... ...ir purses.” “ And respecting arms,” said Captain Dalgetty , “if your lord- ship will permit an old cavalier to speak his mind, so that the one-third h... ..., the Marquis, was used to boast, that he would not for a hundred thousand crowns any mortal should know the passes by which an armed force could pene... ...ll serve thee in such noble ways As ne’er were known before; I’ll deck and crown thy head with bays, And love thee more and more. —Montrose’s Lines. W... ...eir Highland countrymen. From the earliest period down to the union of the crowns, the whole kingdom of Scotland, Lowlands as well as High- lands, had... ...neither march nor fight, advance nor retreat, without the influence of the Princess of Harps.” “The Princess of Broadswords and T argets, I say,” answ...

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...ed to open to the ambition of her hus- band the opportunity of sharing the crown of his sovereign. It is possible that slander, which very seldom favo... ... am wrong), Or ’tis not beauty lures thy vows; Rather ambition’s gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. “Then, Leicester, why, again ... ...d surely may repine)— Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine? “Why didst thou praise my hum’ble charms, And, ... ...coct thy house and land into ready money, and that ready money into a tall ship, with sails, anchors, cordage, and all things conforming; then clap th... ... as ever cut an inch short of measure, or paid a letter of change in light crowns over a counter. The mercer there wears his hat awry, over a shaggy h... ...of the horses, which required both rest and food, he would advise his wor- shipful Master Tressilian to push on a stage farther, rather than pay a rec... ... the same.” T ressilian took the letter, which was addressed “T o the wor- shipful Master Edmund Tressilian, our loving kinsman— These—ride, ride, rid... ...edina, come over, incognito, to adjust the quarrel betwixt Philip and that princess. T ressilian was angry, and expostulated with the artist on the va... ... have a suit, and that of the newest cut, I promise thee, on the word of a princess.” “May it please your Grace,” said Walter, hesitating, “it is not ...

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... the grown- up daughters had made very fine during their periods of court- ship. Its walls were hung with fine grey canvas, it had a large, silvery gr... ...ly, that we’re the world?” said Robert ironically. “Oh, yes, I guess we’re shipwrecked in this box, like Robinson Crusoes. And what we do on our own l... ...yed! No, it’s foul. Don’t you see it’s the Judas principle you really wor- ship. Judas is the real hero. But for Judas the whole show would have been ... ...ght we are, then!” Lilly felt in his pocket, and gave the policeman half a crown. But he was watching Aaron, who sat stupidly on the sofa, very pale a... ...he sent for the kettle-lid. He always had the kettle- lid, for that little crown of hers. And then he impersonated her. But he was awfully good—so cle... ...ou, tout doux. Il y a unpommier doux. T rois belles princesses Vole vole mon coeur, vole! T rois belles p... ...her so much.” “And him?” “Mr. French!—Well, he’s perhaps a little like the princess who felt the pea through three feather-beds. But he can be quite w... ...ite flowers and pink, so it seemed. So there they all lay, in their flower-crowns in the vast space of the rooms. And Aaron went away. He could not re...