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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... head ( evidently Shelton ) knew what honour meaneth , it will be the better ordered - if not , it will be hard to bring to pass . " My lord , Mr. Shelton would have my lady Elizabeth to dine and sup every day at the board of estate ...
... head ( evidently Shelton ) knew what honour meaneth , it will be the better ordered - if not , it will be hard to bring to pass . " My lord , Mr. Shelton would have my lady Elizabeth to dine and sup every day at the board of estate ...
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... head - woman , " MARGT . BRYAN . " " I beseech you , mine own good lord , be not miscontent that I am so bold to write thus to your lordship . But I take God to my judge I do it of true heart , and for my discharge , beseeching you ...
... head - woman , " MARGT . BRYAN . " " I beseech you , mine own good lord , be not miscontent that I am so bold to write thus to your lordship . But I take God to my judge I do it of true heart , and for my discharge , beseeching you ...
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... head and heart , and is a beautiful specimen of special pleading in a girl of fifteen . LETTER FROM ELIZABETH TO THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET.1 " My lord , I have a request to make unto your grace which fear has made me omit till this time ...
... head and heart , and is a beautiful specimen of special pleading in a girl of fifteen . LETTER FROM ELIZABETH TO THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET.1 " My lord , I have a request to make unto your grace which fear has made me omit till this time ...
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... head - wise , in war - skill great bold hand , On horse or foot , in peril or in play , None could excel , though many did essay . A subject true to king , a servant great , Friend to God's truth , and foe to Rome's deceit ; Sumptuous ...
... head - wise , in war - skill great bold hand , On horse or foot , in peril or in play , None could excel , though many did essay . A subject true to king , a servant great , Friend to God's truth , and foe to Rome's deceit ; Sumptuous ...
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... head , till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness , and bear her com- pany in her glittering gayness , and then she so wore it , that all men might see , that her body carried that which her heart misliked . I am sure ...
... head , till her sister forced her to lay off her former soberness , and bear her com- pany in her glittering gayness , and then she so wore it , that all men might see , that her body carried that which her heart misliked . I am sure ...
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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.