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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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Criticisms and Dramatic Essays by Hazlitt is in Georgian Books.
Then there was Miss Farren, with her fine-lady airs and graces, with that elegant turn of her head, and motion of her fan, and tripping of her tongue; and Miss Pope, the very picture of a Duenna, a maiden lady, or an antiquated dowager — the latter spring of beauty, the second childhood of vanity, more quaint, fantastic, and old-fashioned, more pert, frothy, and lightheaded than any thing that can be imagined; embalmed in the follies, preserved in the spirit of aflfectation of the last age: — and then add to these, Mrs. Jordan, the child of nature, whose voice was a cordial to the heart, because it came from it, rich, full, like the luscious juice of the rich grape; to hear whose laugh was to drink nectar; whose smile "made a sunshine," not "in the shady place," but amidst dazzling lights and in glad theatres: — who "talked far above singing," and whose singing was like the twang of Cupid's bow. Her person was large, soft, and generous hke her soul. It has been attempted to compare Miss Kelly to her. There is no comparison. Miss Kelly is a shrewd, clever, arch, lively jgirl; tingles all over with suppressed sensibility; licks her Hps at mischief, bites her words in two, or lets a sly meaning out of the corner of her eyes; is fidgetty with curiosity, or unable to stand still for spite:— she is always uneasy and always uneasy and always interesting but Mrs. Jordan was all exuberance and grace, "her bounty was as boundless as the sea; her lvoe as deep."
