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"The subject of the debate was, whether the King had the power to pardon those who had been condemned by Parliament: and it was chiefly owing to Lord Pembroke's speech that it was carried in the affirmative. However, one of the Lords stood up and said that the House could only intercede for those who should prove themselves worthy of their intercession, but not for all of them indiscriminately.
Would my honour not have Mrs. Marble cook my dinner, and be dressed for Lady Pembroke's ball? I sent him off again, harshly. After a long while the slamming of a coach door roused me, and I was straightway seized with such an agony of mind that I could have cried aloud. 'Twas like the pain of blood flowing back into a frozen limb.
"Can they chase you on the lake?" "I speck dey can. Dey'll get a boat and follor de dogs." "Where are you from?" asked Lily. "From Major Pembroke's plantation, 'bout ten mile from dese yere parts, I speck." "How long since you run away?" "I luff de place about tree days ago. I stay in de cane-brake till noon to-day, and git so hungry I could stan it no longer.
But it seemed as though a protecting angel hovered round him: for he had been seen in every part of the field; wherever the struggle had been fiercest, he had been the centre; twice he had been unhorsed, and bareheaded almost from the commencement of the strife, yet there he was still, seemingly as firm in his saddle, as strong in frame, as unscathed in limb, as determined in purpose, as when he sent back his acceptance of Pembroke's challenge.
Pembroke's I bade them both good-by, for after I have waited so long for my passage, I felt that the call would come in a hurry," replied Christy. "I am all ready to go on board of the Chateaugay at this moment." "And so am I," added Captain Chantor. "But I am not ready with your orders in full, though they are duly signed," said Captain Passford.
Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much, which was not polite of him. "First, I'll go and get food. Do sit down and rest. Oh, let me introduce " Ansell was now the sole remnant of the discussion party. He still stood on the hearthrug with a burnt match in his hand. Miss Pembroke's arrival had never disturbed him. "Let me introduce Mr.
Go now to the hostile camp, go as sole minister and captain-general of this realm; go with all powers and honours a king can give; and when these districts are at peace, depart to our Welsh provinces, as chief justiciary of that principality. Pembroke's mournful death leaves that high post in my gift. It cannot add to your greatness, but it proves to England your sovereign's trust."
It must have been clear to her then that she had lost the power to dissemble, all the clearer because of Mr. Pembroke's cheerfulness. "I wasn't going to sleep," he assured her. "Circumstantial evidence is against me, I know. Where's Abby? reading French literature?" "I haven't seen her," replied Honora. "She usually goes to bed with a play at this hour. It's a horrid habit going to bed, I mean.
I walked slowly on account of the enormous weight I bore, which would assure me a speedy passage to the bottom of the river. By Westminster Bridge my good fortune made me meet Sir Edgar, a rich young Englishman, who lived a careless and joyous life. I had made his acquaintance at Lord Pembroke's, and he had dined with me several times.
The assassins stirred up the Irish to attack Pembroke's castles, so as to bring him to Ireland; they then pretended to join with him in putting down the rebellion, and, in the midst, waylaid him, and attacked him while riding with a few attendants.
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