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Henry of Guise, Or, The States of Blois
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher:
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Pages : 502
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Henry of Guise: The States of Blois (Complete)
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465527311
Category : France
Languages : en
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It was as dark and sombre a morning, the sky was as gloomy, the earth as dry and parched, as earth, sky, and morning ever appear in the most northern climates. A dull grey expanse of leaden cloud shut out the blue heaven, a hard black frost pinched up the ground, the blades of grass stood stiff and rugged on the frozen soil, and vague grey mists lay in all the hollows of the ground. The forests, the manifold forests that then spread over the fair land of France, showed nothing but bare branches, except where here and there the yoke-elm or tenacious beech retained in patches its red and withered leaves, while beneath the trees again, the ground was thickly carpeted with the fallen honours of the past summer, mingled with hoar frost and thin snow. A chilliness more piercing than mere frost pervaded the air; and the aspect of the whole scene was cheerless and melancholy. Such was the aspect of the day, though the scene was in the south of France, at a spot which we shall leave for the present nameless, when at about seven o'clock in the morning--an hour in which, at that period of the year, the sun's rays are weak and powerless--a tall, strong, florid man of about four-and-thirty years of age was seen upon the edge of a wide wood walking along cautiously step by step, carefully bending down his eyes upon the withered leaves that strewed his path, as if he had dropped something of value which he sought to find. The wood, as we have said, was extensive, covering several miles of undulating ground, broken by rocks and dingles, and interspersed by more than one piece of water. It contained various kinds of tree, as well as various sorts of soil; but at the spot of which we now speak the wood was low and thin, gradually increasing in volume as it rose along the slope of the adjacent hill, till it grew into a tangled thicket, from which rose a number of tall trees, waving their grey branches sadly in the wintry air. On a distant eminence, rising far above the wood itself, might be seen towers, and turrets, and pinnacles, the abode of some of the lords of the land; and at the end of a long glade, up which the man we have just mentioned was cautiously stealing, as we have described, appeared a little cottage with one or two curious outbuildings, not usually found attached to the abodes of the agricultural population.
Henry of Guise; or, The states of Blois
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher:
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Pages : 414
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Henry of Guise; Or, The States of Blois
Author: G. P. R. JamesHenry of Guise
Author: George Payne Rainsford JamesPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781406981377
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Pages : 396
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Henry of Guise
Author: G P R (George Payne Rainsfo JamesPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014771421
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Henry of Guise
Author: G P R (George Payne Rainsfo JamesPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781014386403
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Pages : 394
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Henry of Guise, Or the States of Blois (Classic Reprint)
Author: G. P. R. JamesPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333356767
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Excerpt from Henry of Guise, or the States of Blois Poca favilla gran fiamma seconda: Forse diretro a me, con migh'or voci Si preghera, perche Cirra risponda. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Henry of Guise
Author: G. P. R. JamesPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781523971480
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Pages : 108
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G.P.R. James was a 19th century British novelist who wrote a number of popular works in his time. Some of his works, particularly romances, are still read today.