Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 - Great Britain |
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... lady Sheffield . - Anecdote of the Queen and Mr. Dyer . - Queen suspicious of Burleigh.- Countesses of Lenox and Shrewsbury imprisoned.Queen refuses the sovereignty of Holland . - Her VOL . II . ii - CONTENTS . remarkable speech to the ...
... lady Sheffield . - Anecdote of the Queen and Mr. Dyer . - Queen suspicious of Burleigh.- Countesses of Lenox and Shrewsbury imprisoned.Queen refuses the sovereignty of Holland . - Her VOL . II . ii - CONTENTS . remarkable speech to the ...
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... ladies into the presence - chamber , all armed as he was , to receive a prize from her majesty's own hand . Afterwards , by gross misconduct , he incurred from his sovereign a disgrace equally marked and public ; being committed to the ...
... ladies into the presence - chamber , all armed as he was , to receive a prize from her majesty's own hand . Afterwards , by gross misconduct , he incurred from his sovereign a disgrace equally marked and public ; being committed to the ...
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... lady , the romantic disguise of armed . champions and enamoured knights . Sir Henry Lee , however , appears to have devoted his life to these chivalrous pageantries rather from a quixotical imagination than with any serious views of ...
... lady , the romantic disguise of armed . champions and enamoured knights . Sir Henry Lee , however , appears to have devoted his life to these chivalrous pageantries rather from a quixotical imagination than with any serious views of ...
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... ladies had been detained at great expense and inconvenience in London , to contribute to the splendor of the court on his reception . On the 9th of June 1572 the duke de Montmorenci and his suite at length arrived . His entertainment ...
... ladies had been detained at great expense and inconvenience in London , to contribute to the splendor of the court on his reception . On the 9th of June 1572 the duke de Montmorenci and his suite at length arrived . His entertainment ...
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... ladies who lined the rooms lead- ing to the presence - chamber were all habited in deep mourning ; and not one of them would vouch- safe a word or a smile to the ambassador , though himself a man of honor , and one whom they had ...
... ladies who lined the rooms lead- ing to the presence - chamber were all habited in deep mourning ; and not one of them would vouch- safe a word or a smile to the ambassador , though himself a man of honor , and one whom they had ...
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Page 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?
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.