The Book of the Court; Exhibiting the Origin, Peculiar Duties, and Privileges of the Several Ranks of the Nobility and Gentry More Particularly of the Great Officers of State, and Members of the Royal Household; with an Introductory Essay on Regal State and Ceremonial and a Full Account of the Coronation Ceremony, Etc |
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... Queen threw back the stockings with indignation , ex- claiming , " Know that the Queens of Spain have no legs . " When the young bride heard this , she began to weep bitterly , declaring she would return to Vienna , and that she would ...
... Queen threw back the stockings with indignation , ex- claiming , " Know that the Queens of Spain have no legs . " When the young bride heard this , she began to weep bitterly , declaring she would return to Vienna , and that she would ...
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... Queen's shoes and stockings , her Majesty herself put on her garters , which as well as her petticoat , the Bed - chamber Woman gave to her , having received them from the first Maid in Waiting , who had presented them to her . The Queen ...
... Queen's shoes and stockings , her Majesty herself put on her garters , which as well as her petticoat , the Bed - chamber Woman gave to her , having received them from the first Maid in Waiting , who had presented them to her . The Queen ...
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... Queen Elizabeth of glorious memory , who , regardless of the Salic law , was resolved , that if she could not be Queen , she would be King of France , * and neither * " One good thing has followed from our dropping ( I cannot consent to ...
... Queen Elizabeth of glorious memory , who , regardless of the Salic law , was resolved , that if she could not be Queen , she would be King of France , * and neither * " One good thing has followed from our dropping ( I cannot consent to ...
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... Queen being Queen of France as well as England . ' ' Nay , in faith , gentlemen , ' replied Dr. Dale , one of the English commissioners , the French is too vulgar for a business of this importance ; we will , there- fore , if you please ...
... Queen being Queen of France as well as England . ' ' Nay , in faith , gentlemen , ' replied Dr. Dale , one of the English commissioners , the French is too vulgar for a business of this importance ; we will , there- fore , if you please ...
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... Queen's Marshalmen , and the Queen's Sergeant Trumpeter , and the Household drums and trumpets in state uniforms . On the north side of the space , between the Guards and the palace , were the Sergeants - at - arms on horseback ...
... Queen's Marshalmen , and the Queen's Sergeant Trumpeter , and the Household drums and trumpets in state uniforms . On the north side of the space , between the Guards and the palace , were the Sergeants - at - arms on horseback ...
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Page 417 - Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home : Where thou art guide, no ill can come.
Page 415 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof, by any person whatsoever ; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 419 - O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding ; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.
Page 35 - Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the united church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland, and the territories thereunto belonging...
Page 35 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by law ; and will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? ' King or queen :
Page 415 - And I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 441 - It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God.
Page 141 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 379 - From Paul's I went, to Eton sent, To learn straightways the Latin phrase, Where fifty-three stripes given to me At once I had. For fault but small, or none at all, It came to pass thus beat I was; See, Udal, see the mercy of thee To me, poor lad.
Page 415 - ... the Pope or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God or man or absolved of this declaration or any part thereof, although the Pope or any other person or persons or power whatsoever should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.