Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... sent Lord Buckhurst to Paris on a splendid em- bassy of congratulation . Catherine de ' Medici took this opportunity of renewing proposals of marriage to the queen of England on the part of her son the duke of Anjou , and they were ...
... sent Lord Buckhurst to Paris on a splendid em- bassy of congratulation . Catherine de ' Medici took this opportunity of renewing proposals of marriage to the queen of England on the part of her son the duke of Anjou , and they were ...
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... sent abroad by the party to confer with the pope and with the duke of Alva , —was intercepted ; and in consequence of the plots thus unfolded , the bishop of Ross , who bore the character of Mary's ambassador in England , was given into ...
... sent abroad by the party to confer with the pope and with the duke of Alva , —was intercepted ; and in consequence of the plots thus unfolded , the bishop of Ross , who bore the character of Mary's ambassador in England , was given into ...
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... sent one of his ablest generals in embassy to England with no other view than to have taken the command of the northern rebels , had their enterprise pro- spered ; and the intimate participation of his agents in all the intrigues of the ...
... sent one of his ablest generals in embassy to England with no other view than to have taken the command of the northern rebels , had their enterprise pro- spered ; and the intimate participation of his agents in all the intrigues of the ...
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... sent to re- ceive the ratifications of this treaty ; and Burleigh writes to a friend , between jest and earnest , that an unexpected delay of the French ambassador was cursed by all the husbands whose ladies had been detained at great ...
... sent to re- ceive the ratifications of this treaty ; and Burleigh writes to a friend , between jest and earnest , that an unexpected delay of the French ambassador was cursed by all the husbands whose ladies had been detained at great ...
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... sent instead her cousin the earl of Worcester , " a good simple gentleman , " as Leicester called him , and a catholic . All this time Elizabeth was in her heart as hostile to the court of France as the most zealous of her protestant ...
... sent instead her cousin the earl of Worcester , " a good simple gentleman , " as Leicester called him , and a catholic . All this time Elizabeth was in her heart as hostile to the court of France as the most zealous of her protestant ...
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Página 277 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peer?
Página 12 - 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 229 - ... midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman...
Página 96 - ... 235. Sir Fulke Grevill had much and private access to Queen Elizabeth, which he used honourably, and did many men good ; yet he would say merrily of himself ; That he was like Robin Goodfellow ; For when the maids spilt the milkpans, or kept any racket, they would lay it upon Robin ; So what tales the ladies about the Queen told her, or other bad offices that they did, they would put it upon him.
Página 451 - Nay, madam, he is a doctor; never rack his person, but rack his style: let him have pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue the story where it breaketh off, and I will undertake, by collating the styles, to judge whether he were the author or no...
Página 287 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Página 12 - At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts ; But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 288 - IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Página 229 - I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns ; and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In. the mean time, my lieutenant-general shall be in my stead; than whom never prince commanded a more noble...
Página 260 - ... alms: But though from court to cottage he depart, His Saint is sure of his unspotted heart. And when he saddest sits in homely cell, He'll teach his swains this carol for a song, — ''Blest be the hearts that wish my sovereign well, Curst be the souls that think her any wrong.