Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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Pagina 6
... Desire " may still lay claim to the praise of ingenuity , though the idea is perhaps not original even here , and has since been exhibited with very considerable improvements both in French and English , especially in Ben Jonson's ...
... Desire " may still lay claim to the praise of ingenuity , though the idea is perhaps not original even here , and has since been exhibited with very considerable improvements both in French and English , especially in Ben Jonson's ...
Pagina 26
... desire , that she would appoint either the earl of Leicester or lord Burleigh as her proxy : -not choosing , apparently , to trust these pillars of state and of the protestant cause within his reach ; and she sent instead her cousin the ...
... desire , that she would appoint either the earl of Leicester or lord Burleigh as her proxy : -not choosing , apparently , to trust these pillars of state and of the protestant cause within his reach ; and she sent instead her cousin the ...
Pagina 39
... desire of retaliation which the encouragement given by Philip to the Northern rebellion and to certain movements in Ireland , as well as to all the machinations of the queen of Scots , may reasonably be supposed to have excited in the ...
... desire of retaliation which the encouragement given by Philip to the Northern rebellion and to certain movements in Ireland , as well as to all the machinations of the queen of Scots , may reasonably be supposed to have excited in the ...
Pagina 73
... brought against the match ; and finally , her " great misliking " of all opposition , and her earnest desire for the mar- riage , being reported to her faithful council , they 74 LETTER OF PHILIP SIDNEY . agreed , after long.
... brought against the match ; and finally , her " great misliking " of all opposition , and her earnest desire for the mar- riage , being reported to her faithful council , they 74 LETTER OF PHILIP SIDNEY . agreed , after long.
Pagina 74
... desire of personal admiration , Elizabeth , when she applied to him for his opinion on her marriage , assuredly did so in the hope and expectation of hearing from him something more grateful to her ears than the lan- guage of truth and ...
... desire of personal admiration , Elizabeth , when she applied to him for his opinion on her marriage , assuredly did so in the hope and expectation of hearing from him something more grateful to her ears than the lan- guage of truth and ...
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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.