Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of Their Courts, Now First Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents, Private as Well as Public, Volume 6H. Colburn, 1844 - 503 páginas |
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Página 14
... but she had his permission to write to her majesty . ' On which , the following letter , probably 192 1 State Papers , 30th Hen . VIII . 2 Leti's Life of Elizabeth . the first ever written by Elizabeth , was addressed by 14 ELIZABETH .
... but she had his permission to write to her majesty . ' On which , the following letter , probably 192 1 State Papers , 30th Hen . VIII . 2 Leti's Life of Elizabeth . the first ever written by Elizabeth , was addressed by 14 ELIZABETH .
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... addressed by her to her new step - mother . " Madame , " I am struggling between two contending wishes - one is my impatient desire to see your majesty , the other that of rendering the obedience I owe to the commands of the king my ...
... addressed by her to her new step - mother . " Madame , " I am struggling between two contending wishes - one is my impatient desire to see your majesty , the other that of rendering the obedience I owe to the commands of the king my ...
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... addressed to Anne of Cleves , are the earliest letters ever written by Elizabeth . There is another , two or three years later , addressed by her to sir Thomas Carden , who was one of her father's gentlemen of the privy chamber , a ...
... addressed to Anne of Cleves , are the earliest letters ever written by Elizabeth . There is another , two or three years later , addressed by her to sir Thomas Carden , who was one of her father's gentlemen of the privy chamber , a ...
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... addressed to him , on the subject of their mutual bereavement , he wrote " There is very little need of my consoling you , most dear sister , because from your learning you know what you ought to do , and from your prudence and piety ...
... addressed to him , on the subject of their mutual bereavement , he wrote " There is very little need of my consoling you , most dear sister , because from your learning you know what you ought to do , and from your prudence and piety ...
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... addressed to Mrs. Katharine Ashley , before he had obtained the tutelage of her royal charge , and , both on account of the period at which it was written and its being in English , it is very curious . " Gentle Mrs. Astley , Would God ...
... addressed to Mrs. Katharine Ashley , before he had obtained the tutelage of her royal charge , and , both on account of the period at which it was written and its being in English , it is very curious . " Gentle Mrs. Astley , Would God ...
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Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 6 Agnes Strickland,Elisabeth Strickland Visualização integral - 1844 |
Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: Now ..., Volume 6 Agnes Strickland Visualização integral - 1854 |
Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With ..., Volume 6 Agnes Strickland,Elisabeth Strickland Visualização integral - 1844 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
¹ Depêches Anne Boleyn appears archduke Ashley beth bishop Boleyn brother Burleigh Camden Catherine de Medicis catholic cause Cecil chamber Charles church council court Courtenay crown daughter death declared Despatches duke of Alençon duke of Anjou duke of Norfolk earl of Sussex Edward Eliza English father favour French ambassador gave gold grace hand Hatfield hath Henry VIII honour husband Ibid Katharine Parr king of France lady Elizabeth letter Lingard London lord Robert Dudley majesty's marriage marry Mary's matrimonial matter monsieur Mothe Fenelon mother never night Noailles noble offered palace parliament Parry person Philip present prince princess prisoner privy protestant queen Elizabeth queen Mary queen of England queen of Scots queen-mother queen's majesty realm received reign religion replied royal mistress says Scotland sent shew sir Thomas sister sovereign Spain suitor Sussex throne tion told took Tower treaty Tyrwhit unto wish young
Passagens conhecidas
Página 320 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 115 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Página 493 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Página 148 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Página 196 - ... there is not a single portrait of her that one can call beautiful. The profusion of ornaments with which they are loaded are marks of her continual fondness for dress, while they entirely exclude all grace, and leave no more room for a painter's genius than if he had been employed to copy an Indian idol totally composed Of hands and necklaces. A pale Roman nose...
Página 58 - The king left her rich clothes and jewels ; and I know it to be true, that, in seven years after her father's death, she never in all that time looked upon that rich attire and precious jewels but once, and that against her will.
Página 493 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And...
Página 321 - The Daughter of Debate, that eke discord doth sow, Shall reap no gain where former rule hath taught still peace to grow No foreign banished wight shall anchor in this port; Our realm it brooks no stranger's force, let them elsewhere resort. Our rusty sword with rest shall first his edge employ, To poll their tops that seek such change and gape for joy.
Página 166 - of the most high and mighty princess, our dread sovereign, lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, queen of England, France, Ireland, Defender of the true, ancient, and catholic faith, most worthy empress from the Orcade Isles to the Mountains Pyrenee.
Página 55 - I judged best adapted to supply her tongue with the purest diction; her mind with the most excellent precepts; and her exalted station with a defence against the utmost power of fortune. For her religious instruction, she drew first from the fountains of Scripture; and afterwards from St. Cyprian, the 'Common-places' of Melancthon, and similar works, which convey pure doctrine in elegant language.