took very little interest in what was passing on the stage; she preferred to chatter and laugh with...
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however, he reckoned without the Regent, who, seeing a chance of annoying his brother, suddenly ann...
Within two years of her accession, the storm-clouds which, from the first, had been dimly visible o...
years later George IV also disappeared, and the Duke of Clarence reigned in his stead. The new Quee...
another occasion, Dear Ferdinand came and sat near me and talked so dearly and sensibly. I do SO lo...
loquacity, or with the sharp remarks of Lady Flora Hastings, one of her maids of honour, who had no...
Within a month of the accession, the realities of the new situation assumed a visible shape. The wh...
bright eyes ever on the sky. And she sang gayly as they floated in the clear air, while her friend ...
IN a quiet, pleasant meadow, Beneath a summer sky, Where green old trees their branches waved, An...
The butterfly's home shall be; And thou shalt find, dear, faithful flower, A loving friend in me."...
But he could find no rest. The rose strove to comfort him; but when she fancied he was sleeping, th...
Then in her dream she felt how hard the spirits tried to tempt and trouble her, and how, but for he...
solitude and darkness, till you have learned to find happiness in gentle deeds, and forget yourself...
dared to venture yet," replied the Queen. "I cannot show the path, for it is through the air. Dear ...
We worked long and hard ere they were won, and you can win one of those, if you will do the task we...