The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 11Joseph Shackell, 1833 - Periodicals |
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Page 49
... FLORETTA ; OR , THE FIRST LOVE OF HENRY IV . * THE historical incident , on which the following tale is founded , is related in the Chronicles of Nerac : - At Nerac , a neat little town in the pro- vince of Gascony , a great festival ...
... FLORETTA ; OR , THE FIRST LOVE OF HENRY IV . * THE historical incident , on which the following tale is founded , is related in the Chronicles of Nerac : - At Nerac , a neat little town in the pro- vince of Gascony , a great festival ...
Page 52
... Floretta , but when she's older , Flora . " " Floretta ! " exclaimed Henry , scarce . ly knowing what he was saying , and gave another look round , although con- scious there was nothing there for him to see . Often had Henry in his ...
... Floretta , but when she's older , Flora . " " Floretta ! " exclaimed Henry , scarce . ly knowing what he was saying , and gave another look round , although con- scious there was nothing there for him to see . Often had Henry in his ...
Page 53
... Floretta , who came as usual with her bucket . Seeing the circle that had been made round the spring , she said to herself , " Father must have been up very early this morning , or I wonder whether he ordered the men to do this . " When ...
... Floretta , who came as usual with her bucket . Seeing the circle that had been made round the spring , she said to herself , " Father must have been up very early this morning , or I wonder whether he ordered the men to do this . " When ...
Page 54
... Floretta's bonnet lying on the ground ; he took it up , and , pressing it to his lips , kissed it . He then plucked in the twilight the most beautiful flowers he could find , and fetch ing from the palace a handsome sky - blue ribbon ...
... Floretta's bonnet lying on the ground ; he took it up , and , pressing it to his lips , kissed it . He then plucked in the twilight the most beautiful flowers he could find , and fetch ing from the palace a handsome sky - blue ribbon ...
Page 76
... FLORETTA ; OR , THE FIRST LOVE OF HENRY IV . Continued from page 54 . AFTER Floretta had been standing there some time , some one stole softly behind her , and holding her eyes bound with two hands , whispered into her ear , " Now , ...
... FLORETTA ; OR , THE FIRST LOVE OF HENRY IV . Continued from page 54 . AFTER Floretta had been standing there some time , some one stole softly behind her , and holding her eyes bound with two hands , whispered into her ear , " Now , ...
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Page 365 - The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other god. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him where the stranger was. He replied, 'I thrust him away because he did not worship thee.
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Page 365 - ... begged for a blessing on his meat, he asked him why he did not worship the God of heaven. The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other God. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition.
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Page 365 - When Abraham sat at his tent door, according to his custom, waiting to entertain strangers, he espied an old man, stooping and leaning on his staff, weary with age and travel, coming towards him, who was an hundred years of age.