Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, 2 tomasLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... minister , that in most absurd and unjust re- venge ( though the cause was amiable ) he swore he would do all he could to ruin his daughter ; and accordingly not only forsook her bed , but sold and consumed great part of the vast ...
... minister , that in most absurd and unjust re- venge ( though the cause was amiable ) he swore he would do all he could to ruin his daughter ; and accordingly not only forsook her bed , but sold and consumed great part of the vast ...
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... ministers who lived and died a bachelor . Early in this year , the king of France married a daughter of the emperor Maximilian ; and Eliza- beth , desirous at this time of being on the best terms both with the French and Imperial courts ...
... ministers who lived and died a bachelor . Early in this year , the king of France married a daughter of the emperor Maximilian ; and Eliza- beth , desirous at this time of being on the best terms both with the French and Imperial courts ...
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... ministry of Elizabeth could not long be eluded . An important packet of letters written by Ridolfi , -a Florentine who had been sent abroad by the party to confer with the pope and with the duke of Alva , —was intercepted ; and in ...
... ministry of Elizabeth could not long be eluded . An important packet of letters written by Ridolfi , -a Florentine who had been sent abroad by the party to confer with the pope and with the duke of Alva , —was intercepted ; and in ...
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... minister spared no pains to promote it . Similar language was held on this subject both by Leicester and Burleigh ; but the former was perhaps no more in earnest on the subject than his mistress ; and finally all parties , except the ...
... minister spared no pains to promote it . Similar language was held on this subject both by Leicester and Burleigh ; but the former was perhaps no more in earnest on the subject than his mistress ; and finally all parties , except the ...
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... minister , cautious and crafty and sagacious as he was , assisted by all the spies whom he constantly kept in pay , had been unable to penetrate any part of the bloody secret ; he was completely taken by surprise . But , of his personal ...
... minister , cautious and crafty and sagacious as he was , assisted by all the spies whom he constantly kept in pay , had been unable to penetrate any part of the bloody secret ; he was completely taken by surprise . But , of his personal ...
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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.