Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, 2 tomasLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... hope devoid of fears . " & c . In the chivalrous exercises of the tilt and tour- nament the earl of Oxford had few superiors : he was victor in the justs both of this year and of the year 1580 , and on the latter occasion he was led by ...
... hope devoid of fears . " & c . In the chivalrous exercises of the tilt and tour- nament the earl of Oxford had few superiors : he was victor in the justs both of this year and of the year 1580 , and on the latter occasion he was led by ...
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... hope or curiosity stimulated him to gain admittance at some court - festival , where he had an opportunity of dancing before the queen in a mask . His figure and his performance so captivated her fancy , that she immediately bestowed ...
... hope or curiosity stimulated him to gain admittance at some court - festival , where he had an opportunity of dancing before the queen in a mask . His figure and his performance so captivated her fancy , that she immediately bestowed ...
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... hope supposed the root of ruth will be ; And fruitless all their graffed guiles , as shortly ye shall see . Those dazzled eyes with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseal'd by worthy wights whose foresight false- hood ...
... hope supposed the root of ruth will be ; And fruitless all their graffed guiles , as shortly ye shall see . Those dazzled eyes with pride , which great ambition blinds , Shall be unseal'd by worthy wights whose foresight false- hood ...
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... hope- less . This was taking her by her weak side ; she loved to imagine herself the dispenser of life and death to her devoted servants , and she immediately dispatched to the sick gentleman a comfortable message , on receipt of which ...
... hope- less . This was taking her by her weak side ; she loved to imagine herself the dispenser of life and death to her devoted servants , and she immediately dispatched to the sick gentleman a comfortable message , on receipt of which ...
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... hope and expectation of hearing from him something more grateful to her ears than the lan- guage of truth and wisdom . But Sidney had be- held with his own eyes the horrors of the Paris massacre ; he had imbibed with all the eagerness ...
... hope and expectation of hearing from him something more grateful to her ears than the lan- guage of truth and wisdom . But Sidney had be- held with his own eyes the horrors of the Paris massacre ; he had imbibed with all the eagerness ...
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277 psl. - 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?
12 psl. - 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.
229 psl. - ... 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...
96 psl. - ... 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.
451 psl. - 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...
287 psl. - 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.
12 psl. - 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.
288 psl. - 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.
229 psl. - 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...
260 psl. - ... 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.