 Echoed a moment only, and slowly the ponderous portal Closed, and in silence the crowd awaited the will of the soldiers. Then uprose their commander, and spake from the steps of the altar, Holding aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission....  Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Page 52by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
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...aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission. " You are convened this day," he said, " by his Majesty's orders. Clement and kind has he been...own hearts reply ! To my natural make and my temper Yet raust I bow and obey, and deliver the will of our monarch ; Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings,... | |
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...Holding aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission. ..You are convencd this day," he said, „by his Maje.sty's Orders. Clement and kind has...temper Painful the task is I do, which to you I know mnst be grievous. Yet must I bow and obey, and deliver the •will of our monarch; Namely, that all... | |
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...aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission. " You are convened this day," he said, " by his Majesty's orders. Clement and kind has he been ; but how you have answered his kiudn«s3' Let your own hearts reply ! To my natural make and my temper Painful the task is I do, which... | |
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...spake from the steps of the altar. Holding aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission. Clement and kind has he been ; but how you have answered...do, which to you I know must be grievous. Yet must I how and obey, and deliver the will of our monareh ; Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings, and... | |
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