Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... able management . He was also a spirited promoter of the infant manufactures of his country , several of which owed to him their first establishment . By his diligence and commer- cial talents he at length rendered himself the most ...
... able management . He was also a spirited promoter of the infant manufactures of his country , several of which owed to him their first establishment . By his diligence and commer- cial talents he at length rendered himself the most ...
Pagina 7
... able to restrain . He had openly begun to muster his friends , re- tainers and servants , to take vengeance on sir Thomas Knevet , by whom he had been wounded in a duel ; and the queen , who interfered to pre- vent the execution of this ...
... able to restrain . He had openly begun to muster his friends , re- tainers and servants , to take vengeance on sir Thomas Knevet , by whom he had been wounded in a duel ; and the queen , who interfered to pre- vent the execution of this ...
Pagina 11
... able to learn and willing to be taught ; he discharged the duties of his high office with prudence first and afterwards with ability , and died in 1591 in possession of it and of the public esteem . It is remarkable , considering the ...
... able to learn and willing to be taught ; he discharged the duties of his high office with prudence first and afterwards with ability , and died in 1591 in possession of it and of the public esteem . It is remarkable , considering the ...
Pagina 21
... able man , who afterwards became a principal secretary of state ; — the rest of the time alone . There was not in Eng- land a man who was regarded as a more sincere and earnest protestant than Walsingham ; yet such was at this time his ...
... able man , who afterwards became a principal secretary of state ; — the rest of the time alone . There was not in Eng- land a man who was regarded as a more sincere and earnest protestant than Walsingham ; yet such was at this time his ...
Pagina 25
... able designs imputed to the Hugonots . She also declared that it would be difficult for her to place reliance hereafter on the friendship of a prince who had shown himself so deadly a foe to those who professed her religion ; but , at ...
... able designs imputed to the Hugonots . She also declared that it would be difficult for her to place reliance hereafter on the friendship of a prince who had shown himself so deadly a foe to those who professed her religion ; but , at ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 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?
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.