Not for Him: the Story of a Forgotten HeroR. Carter & Brothers, 1883 - 224 pages |
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Page 13
... mind of Dame La Theyn . Privacy , to any person of rank more especially , was an unknown thing in the Middle Ages . " Thou must know , Clarice , " began the Dame , " that of old time , before thou wert born , I was bower- maiden unto my ...
... mind of Dame La Theyn . Privacy , to any person of rank more especially , was an unknown thing in the Middle Ages . " Thou must know , Clarice , " began the Dame , " that of old time , before thou wert born , I was bower- maiden unto my ...
Page 14
... mind one super - tunic she gave me , but half worn " —this was said impressively , for a garment only half worn was considered a fit gift from one peeress to another - " of blue damask , all set with silver buttons , and broidered with ...
... mind one super - tunic she gave me , but half worn " —this was said impressively , for a garment only half worn was considered a fit gift from one peeress to another - " of blue damask , all set with silver buttons , and broidered with ...
Page 17
... mind came back to the subject in hand- " she is first - born daughter unto the said Sir Richard de Clare , Lord of Glou- cester , and our Lady Maud , of whom I spake . Her name is Margaret , after the damsel that died - a poor ...
... mind came back to the subject in hand- " she is first - born daughter unto the said Sir Richard de Clare , Lord of Glou- cester , and our Lady Maud , of whom I spake . Her name is Margaret , after the damsel that died - a poor ...
Page 18
... mind what thou dost . Alway be reverent to him , as is meet ; but suffer him not to talk to thee but in presence of thy lady . " Clarice felt rather frightened - all the more so from the extreme vagueness of the warning . ( " And now ...
... mind what thou dost . Alway be reverent to him , as is meet ; but suffer him not to talk to thee but in presence of thy lady . " Clarice felt rather frightened - all the more so from the extreme vagueness of the warning . ( " And now ...
Page 44
... mind as to the characters of her com- not belie the estimate The gentle , mournful , panions . The Countess did formed on first seeing her . loving woman of Clarice's dreams had vanished , never to be recalled . The girl came to count ...
... mind as to the characters of her com- not belie the estimate The gentle , mournful , panions . The Countess did formed on first seeing her . loving woman of Clarice's dreams had vanished , never to be recalled . The girl came to count ...
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