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The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution ... - Page 323
by David Hume - 1848
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...their orders;" and gave directions that she should be beheaded 'within •the verge of the Tower. She saw her husband led to execution^ and having given...window some token of "he'r remembrance, she waited with tranquilhy rill her o\\n 'appointed hour shotiltl bring her to a like fate. She- even saw his • headless...
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The English Reader; Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1811 - 286 pages
...their orders, and gave directions that fhe fliould be beheaded within the verge of the Tower. She faw her husband led to execution ; and having given him from the window fome token of her remembrance, fhe waited with tranquility till her own appointed hour fhouM bring...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volume 4

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...and gave directions that slie should be beheaded within the verge of the Tower. She saw her hushand led to execution, and having given him from the window...like fate. She even saw his headless body carried hack in a eart; and found herself more confirmed by the reports, which she heard of the constancy of...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...of the Tower. She saw htr husband led to execution, and having given him from the window some'token of her remembrance, she waited with tranquillity till...his headless body carried back in a cart; and found ht-rself more confirmed by the reports, \vhit-hshe heard of the constancy of his end, than shaken by...
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 502 pages
...the scaffold, and having addressed to him from the window the dumb signs of the most tender farewell, she waited with tranquillity till her own appointed hour should bring her to a like fate. Sir John Gage, constable of the tower, when he led her to execution, desired her to bestow on him some...
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 502 pages
...the scaffold, and having addressed to him from the window the dumb signs of the most tender farewell, she waited with tranquillity till her own appointed hour should bring her to a like fate. Sir John Gage, constable of the tower, when ha led her to execution, desired her to bestow on him some...
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The Cheap magazine [ed. by G. Miller.] Vol, Volume 1

George Miller - 1813 - 638 pages
...having given him .from the Jviadow some token of her remembrance, waited with tranquillity till her-own appointed hour should bring her to ;a like fate. She...found herself more confirmed by the reports, which she beard of the constancy of his end, than shaken by so tender and melancholy a spectacle. On the scaffold,...
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The young woman's companion; or, Female instructor [by J.A. Stewart].

J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...of the people, it was ordered, that Lady Jane should be beheaded within the verge of the Tower. She saw her husband led to execution ; and having given him from the window some token of her tender affection, she awaited with tranquillity till her own appointed hour should bring her to the...
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The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...changed their orders, and gave directions that she should be beheaded within the verge of the Tower. She saw her husband led to execution; and having given...window some token of her remembrance, she waited with tranquility till her owa appointed hour should bring her to a like fate. She even saw bis headless...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - 1818 - 1818 - 488 pages
...beheaded within Execution the verge of the Tower. She saw her husband JaneGra ^ *° execu ti° n > an ^ having given him from the 'window some token of her...even saw his headless body carried back in a cart j and found herself more confirmed by the reports which she heard of the constancy of his end, than...
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