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... doubt but that her destruction was determined . She ex- pected every moment to end her days by poison , or by some of those secret means usually employed against captive Princes . Lest the malice of her enemies , at the same time that ...
... doubt but that her destruction was determined . She ex- pected every moment to end her days by poison , or by some of those secret means usually employed against captive Princes . Lest the malice of her enemies , at the same time that ...
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... doubt , of this apparent uneasiness must be imputed to dissimulation ; it was impossible , however , that a Princess , natu- rally so cautious as Elizabeth , should venture on an action , which might expose her memory to infamy , and ...
... doubt , of this apparent uneasiness must be imputed to dissimulation ; it was impossible , however , that a Princess , natu- rally so cautious as Elizabeth , should venture on an action , which might expose her memory to infamy , and ...
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... doubts , he deprived him of his benefice , and after repeated delays , and many attempts towards a reconcile- ment , banished him the kingdom . " conspira- THE proceedings of parliament were not re- Proceed- ings of par tarded by any ...
... doubts , he deprived him of his benefice , and after repeated delays , and many attempts towards a reconcile- ment , banished him the kingdom . " conspira- THE proceedings of parliament were not re- Proceed- ings of par tarded by any ...
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... doubt and uncertainty . But as every thing with regard to this transaction is dark and problematical , the King's account and the depositions of the witnesses not only vary , but con- tradict each other in so many circumstances , that ...
... doubt and uncertainty . But as every thing with regard to this transaction is dark and problematical , the King's account and the depositions of the witnesses not only vary , but con- tradict each other in so many circumstances , that ...
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... doubt with respect to his own private opinion . In his letter , Decem . 14th , 1568 , the very day on which the letters , & c . were laid before the meeting of privy counsellors and peers , he in- forms him , " That the Regent was ...
... doubt with respect to his own private opinion . In his letter , Decem . 14th , 1568 , the very day on which the letters , & c . were laid before the meeting of privy counsellors and peers , he in- forms him , " That the Regent was ...
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Página 68 - Her eyes were a dark gray, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic. She danced, she walked, and rode with equal grace. Her taste for music was just, and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill.
Página 62 - Her attendants, during this conversation, were bathed in tears, and though overawed by the presence of the two earls, with difficulty suppressed their anguish ; but no sooner did Kent and Shrewsbury withdraw, than they ran to their mistress, and burst out into the most passionate expressions of tenderness and sorrow.
Página 61 - is not worthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot...
Página 43 - Nor is my spirit so broken by its past misfortunes, or so intimidated by present dangers, as to stoop to any thing unbecoming the majesty of a crowned head, or that will disgrace the ancestors from whom I am descended, and the son to whom I shall' leave my throne. If I must be tried, princes alone can be my peers. The queen of England's subjects, however noble their birth may be, are of a rank inferior to mine.
Página 65 - ... to undress before so many spectators, nor to be served by such valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite gray with cares and sorrows. The executioner held it up still streaming with blood, and the dean crying out, " So perish all Queen Elizabeth's enemies," the earl of Kent alone answered, Amen.
Página 199 - Thus, during the whole seventeenth century, the English were gradually refining their language and their taste ; in Scotland, the former was much debased, and the latter almost entirely lost. In the beginning of that period, both nations were emerging out of barbarity ; but the distance between them, which was then inconsiderable, became, before the end of it, immense. Even after science had once dawned...
Página 68 - She danced, she walked, and rode with equal grace. Her taste for music was just, and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill. Towards the end of her life, long confinement, and the coldness of the houses in which she had been imprisoned, brought on a rheumatism, which often deprived her of the use of her limbs. No man, says Brantome, ever beheld her person without admiration and love, or will read her history without sorrow.
Página 309 - ... she can as much prevail with him, in any thing that is against his will, as Your Lordship may with me to persuade that I should hang myself; this last dignity out of hand to have been proclaimed King, she would have...
Página 200 - At length, the union having incorporated the two nations, and rendered them one people, the distinctions which had subsisted for many ages gradually wear away ; peculiarities disappear ; the same manners prevail in both parts of the island ; the same authors are read and admired ; the same entertainments are frequented by the elegant and polite ; and the same standard of taste, and of purity in language, is established.
Página 309 - ... are already given and granted ; no man pleaseth her that contenteth not him ; and what may I say more, she hath given over to him her whole will, to be ruled and guided as himself best liketh...