American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and Political Effusions (Classic Reprint)Fb&c Limited, 2018 M01 31 - 278 páginas Excerpt from American Lady's Preceptor: A Compilation of Observations, Essays, and Political Effusions IN the year 1270, Eleanor of Castile, who was married to the prince of Wales, afterwards Edward I. Accompanied her husband in the. Crusades, when he received a wound which was supposed to have beenmade by a poisoned ar row. Eleanor immediately sucked the wound, that by drawing away the poison from him to her self, she might preserve his life, which was dear er to her than her own. Eleanor did not meet that death which she expected, but her name is transmitted to posterity as having felt the strong est of conjugal attachments. Thomson has this beautiful incident in his' tragedy of Edward and Eleonora. 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. |
