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, Volumes 6-7Blanchard and Lea, 1857 |
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Pagina 148
... Essex and Suffolk . All the streets of the city , through which she was to pass , were freshly sanded and gravelled , and the houses hung with cloth of arras , rich carpets , and silk ; but Cheapside , then proverbially called the ...
... Essex and Suffolk . All the streets of the city , through which she was to pass , were freshly sanded and gravelled , and the houses hung with cloth of arras , rich carpets , and silk ; but Cheapside , then proverbially called the ...
Pagina 149
... Essex , and is supposed to have lodged that night at Wansted - house , in the forest . On the 19th of July , Elizabeth reached Ingatestone , the seat of sir William Petre , one of her secretaries and privy councillors . She had had the ...
... Essex , and is supposed to have lodged that night at Wansted - house , in the forest . On the 19th of July , Elizabeth reached Ingatestone , the seat of sir William Petre , one of her secretaries and privy councillors . She had had the ...
Pagina 271
... Essex , and ten in blue , led by the earl of Rutland - who , in the cause of these damsels , commenced a stout com- bat on horseback with swords , which lasted till the dawn of day , when the queen , by the advice of the umpires of the ...
... Essex , and ten in blue , led by the earl of Rutland - who , in the cause of these damsels , commenced a stout com- bat on horseback with swords , which lasted till the dawn of day , when the queen , by the advice of the umpires of the ...
Pagina 284
... Essex , and Bedford , to assist at the execution , otherwise he would not undertake it . ' The last condition could not be conceded , for Elizabeth's share in the transaction was to be kept secret ; and for the honour of the English ...
... Essex , and Bedford , to assist at the execution , otherwise he would not undertake it . ' The last condition could not be conceded , for Elizabeth's share in the transaction was to be kept secret ; and for the honour of the English ...
Pagina 313
... Essex sur- prised her in the hands of her tire - woman , and paid as severe a penalty for his blunder , as the profane huntsman who incurred the vengeance of Diana by his trespass . Whether Elizabeth condescended to sell her influence ...
... Essex sur- prised her in the hands of her tire - woman , and paid as severe a penalty for his blunder , as the profane huntsman who incurred the vengeance of Diana by his trespass . Whether Elizabeth condescended to sell her influence ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 86 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Pagina 86 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the 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.
Pagina 87 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Pagina 221 - 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.
Pagina 83 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Pagina 105 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Pagina 347 - 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 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.
Pagina 86 - Fitz-Eustace' heart felt closely pent ; As if to give his rapture vent, The spur he to his charger lent, And raised his bridle hand, And, making demi-volte in air, Cried, " Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land !" The Lindesay smiled his joy to see; Nor Marmion's frown repress'd his glee.
Pagina 168 - ... had prostrated herself three times, in the most graceful manner, approached the table, and milied the plates with bread and salt, with as much awe as if the queen had been present. When they had waited there a little while, the yeomen of the guard...
Pagina 133 - ... her majesty gave them her hand to kiss, with most gracious words of commendation to them in particular, and in general of Gray's-inn " as a house she was much beholden to, for that it did always study for some sports to present unto her.