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The Posthumous Works of Anne Radcliffe (2); To Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Authoress, With Extracts From Her Private Journals
The Posthumous Works of Anne Radcliffe To Which Is Prefixed a Memoir of the Authoress With Extracts From Her Private Journals - 2 Author:Ann Ward Radcliffe Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1833 Original Publisher: H. Colburn Subjects: Great Britain Fiction / Classics History / General Humor / General Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This i... more »s a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE THIRD DAY. On the morn next following the day of festival, my Lord of York had long speech of the King, and it was supposed, amongst other things, that he had been arguing against the truth of magic; for he was suspected of divers notions of that sort; it was also thought, that he had given no very favourable opinion of that same Prior of Saint Mary's. However this might be, his Highness, when he came forth of his chamber, was noticed to be thoughtful, and somewhat sad, and, though the summons for a jury was that day issued, his Highness seemed willing to let that matter rest awhile. Instead of sitting in court of justice and on the judgment-seat, as he had sitten at Winchester, his Highness went hunting the stag in the forest, to his own contentment and to the great joy of his courtiers. And, ywis, this was a better chace, through these deep glades, and woods, than that upon the wooden mountain in the great hall; and more sweet and cheerily did the bugles sound along the valleys and upon the open hills than through the roofs and galleries of Kenilworth. There went with the King all of estate in the court (save the bishops) with the foresters of Ardenn, and also a train of gentils and gallants, to the number of many hundreds, and a great throng of people on foot. The forest was covered with them, for miles, and nothing but the sound of bugles and other...« less