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"Lancastrian" Quotes from Famous Books

... your exile arises from some quarrel with your government—which, being foreign, he takes for granted must be insupportable—he would but consider you as he would a Saxon who fled from the iron hand of William the Conqueror, or a Lancastrian expelled by the Yorkists in our ...

— The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 • Various

... completed her eighteenth year. In stature somewhat superior to the majority of her countrywomen, and inferior to none in personal grace and charm, her golden hair and her bright blue eyes told perhaps of her Lancastrian ancestry. Her beauty was remarkable in a land where beauty has never been rare; her dignity was conspicuous in a country where dignity is the heritage not of a class but of a nation. Of her courage, no less ...

— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger

... reign, when flush'd Lancastrian roses Of York's pale blossoms had usurp'd the right;[3] As wine drives Nature out of drunkards' noses, Till red, triumphantly, eclipses white;— In Harry's reign—but let me to my song, Or good king Harry's ...

— Broad Grins • George Colman, the Younger

... according to their ability and inclination.[3] Many more colored children were then able to attend as there had been a considerable increase in the number of colored freeholders. As a result of the introduction of the Lancastrian and monitorial systems of instruction the enrollment was further increased and the general tone of the school was improved. Another impetus was given the work in 1810.[4] Having in mind the preparation of slaves for freedom, the legislature ...

— The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861 • Carter Godwin Woodson

Words linked to "Lancastrian" : Lancaster, House of Lancaster