London: Its Celebrated Characters and Remarkable Places, Band 2Richard Bentley, 1871 |
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... White- hall resumed its ancient glory . The last time , apparently , she had slept under the roof had been on the night on which she had been led here a prisoner for her presumed share in Sir Thomas Wyatt's conspiracy . Here it was that ...
... White- hall resumed its ancient glory . The last time , apparently , she had slept under the roof had been on the night on which she had been led here a prisoner for her presumed share in Sir Thomas Wyatt's conspiracy . Here it was that ...
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... White- hall , that Elizabeth received the deputation from Parliament which humbly and respectfully " moved her grace to mar- riage , " and hence also it was that she proceeded in proces- sion , in 1559-60 , to meet her first Parliament ...
... White- hall , that Elizabeth received the deputation from Parliament which humbly and respectfully " moved her grace to mar- riage , " and hence also it was that she proceeded in proces- sion , in 1559-60 , to meet her first Parliament ...
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... White- hall on the 27th of November of every year till disabled by age . The challengers of Beauty's fortress personating the four foster - children of Desire , were the Earl of Arundel , the Lord Windsor , Sir Philip Sidney , and Sir ...
... White- hall on the 27th of November of every year till disabled by age . The challengers of Beauty's fortress personating the four foster - children of Desire , were the Earl of Arundel , the Lord Windsor , Sir Philip Sidney , and Sir ...
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... White- hall appeared to be a " truly royal " one . The royal library , he says , was well stored with Greek , Latin , Italian and French books , and among the rest was a little French work , upon parchment , written in Elizabeth's own ...
... White- hall appeared to be a " truly royal " one . The royal library , he says , was well stored with Greek , Latin , Italian and French books , and among the rest was a little French work , upon parchment , written in Elizabeth's own ...
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... White- hall became again the scene of the most magnificent pageants and banquets . " I will now in good sooth , " writes Sir John Harrington , " declare unto you , who will not blab , that the gunpowder fright has gone out of all our ...
... White- hall became again the scene of the most magnificent pageants and banquets . " I will now in good sooth , " writes Sir John Harrington , " declare unto you , who will not blab , that the gunpowder fright has gone out of all our ...
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Seite 161 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Seite 49 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening), which this day se'nnight I was witness of. the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Seite 297 - Church, to which the scaffolds contributed exceedingly. The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Seite 134 - My last and only request shall be, that myself may only bear the burden of your Grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen who, as I understand, are likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake. If ever I have found favour in your sight, if ever the name of...
Seite 171 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Seite 438 - London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
Seite 302 - City, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine flame of an ordinary fire.
Seite 304 - ... carts, &c., carrying out to the fields, which for many miles were strewed with moveables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and what goods they could get away.
Seite 5 - And at his coming, and before he came into the hall, ye shall understand, that he came by water to the...
Seite 299 - ... to get things ready against our feast to-day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the City.