...pawned his own crown, in a time of scarcity, and gave the worth of it in bread to the hungry knavesj who could get nothing but benisons instead of barley...in vain attempted to resist the yoke. "What is your further counsel, my honest Azevedo?" continued the king, laying a strong emphasis on the word honest,...

...venerable minister, "would rebuild his ruined castles, and, like as the ancients tell us did the phcenix of old, would make to rise again from their ashes...in vain attempted to resist the yoke. "What is your further counsel, my honest Azevedo?" continued the king, laying a strong emphasis on the word honest,...

...beseech you, that even whilst you dispute on the means, the thing itself is beyond your power. Tne Moors are up in arms. Hassan the Terrible, for so...in vain attempted to resist the yoke. "What is your further counsel, my honest Azevedo?" continued the king, laying a strong emphasis on the word honest,...

...of Africa. The king of Fez, to revenge the oppressions of the Moors, has made a descent on Algarvn, burnt and plundered what yet remained to us of that...in vain attempted to resist the yoke. "What is your further counsel, my honest Azevedo?" continued the king, laying a strong emphasis on the word honest,...