Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain, المجلد 1

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Harper & Brothers, 1851
 

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الصفحة i - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
الصفحة 137 - Welcome in Scotland to be Queen ! Sweet lovely imp of beauty clear, Most mighty monarch's daughter dear, Born of a Princess most serene, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen ! Welcome the rose both red and white, Welcome the flower of our delight, Our sprite rejoicing from the spleen, Welcome in Scotland to be Queen ! " A hall was cleared for the dance when the minstrels had concluded their stanzas.
الصفحة 265 - I think there is lost above eight hundred horses. I dare not write," he adds sarcastically, " the wonders Lord Dacre and all his company do say they saw that night, of sprites and fearful sights; and universally all their company say plainly that the devil was that night among them six times...
الصفحة 147 - And if he speak anything for my cause, my lord of Surrey hath such words unto him that he dare speak no further. God send me comfort to his pleasure, and that I and mine that be left here with me be well entreated such ways as they have taken.
الصفحة 156 - By the time these words were spoken, even-song was nearly done. The King paused, studying to give him an answer. Meantime, before the King's eyes, and in presence of all the lords about him, " like the blink of the sunbeam or the whiff of the whirlwind, the man evanished away, and could no more be seen." " I heard," continues Lindsay of Pitscottie, " Sir David Lindsay and John Inglish, the marshal, (who were at that time both of them young men, and special servants to the King's grace,) thought to...

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