 | Charles Mills - 1825 - 448 Seiten
...interesting of all the heroines of Tale ° f chivalry was Jane Countess of Mountfbrt, who, as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion. She was a worthy descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixingwith the warriors,... | |
 | Charles Mills - 1825 - 442 Seiten
...heroines of TiJe of ' Jane of chivalry was Jane Countess of Mountfort, who, Mountfort as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion. She was a worthy descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixingwith the warriors,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 242 Seiten
...the King of England, and by b; of his arrest, contrary to King Philip's orders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Renne! when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grie! with which that... | |
 | Robert Southey, Robert Bell - 1833 - 454 Seiten
...arrived too late. This remarkable woman, who was sister to the earl of Flanders, is described as having had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion. When her husband was made prisoner, she lost none of that courage, but went about to all the fortresses... | |
 | 1833 - 448 Seiten
...interesting of all the heroines of chivalry, was Jane, Countess of Mountfort, who, as Froissart says, had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion. She was a worthy descendant of those German women whom Tacitus describes as mixing with the warriors,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1834 - 714 Seiten
...de Montfort, wife of. the imprisoned earl, and sister to the Earl of Flanders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Rennes when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grief with which that... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 394 Seiten
...de Montfort, wife of the imprisoned Earl, and sister to the Earl of Flanders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Rennes when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grief with which that... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1836 - 398 Seiten
...de Montfort, wife of the imprisoned Earl, and sister to the Earl of Flanders. This lady, who, says Froissart, " had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion," being in the city of Rennes when her lord was taken, scorned to yield to the grief with which that... | |
 | Maria Baldwin - 1839 - 364 Seiten
...Earl Mountfort was taken at Nantes, and how he died. Now let us speak of the Countesse, his wife, who had the courage of a man, and the heart of a lion; she was in the city of Renes when her lorde was taken, and howbeit, that she had great sorrow at her... | |
 | Miscellaneous extracts - 1839 - 358 Seiten
...Earl Mountfort was taken at Nantes, and how he died. Now let us speak of the Countesse, his wife, who had the courage of a man, and the heart of a lion ; she was in the city of Renes when her lorde was taken, and howbeit, that she had great sorrow at... | |
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Paris , but his wife, a courageous and beautiful woman, who is said to have had the courage of a man and the heart of a lion... 
