Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts, Including the Protectorate, Band 1R. Bentley, 1840 |
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... Beauty - her Marriage to the Earl of Essex . Character of the Earl . The Countess's love for , and clan- destine Meetings with , Somerset her Expedients to procure a Divorce - her Agents , Mrs. Turner and Dr. Forman , the Astrologer ...
... Beauty - her Marriage to the Earl of Essex . Character of the Earl . The Countess's love for , and clan- destine Meetings with , Somerset her Expedients to procure a Divorce - her Agents , Mrs. Turner and Dr. Forman , the Astrologer ...
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... beauty , -- the fact that Rich , the pre- sent object of his munificence , was eminently hand- some , and indeed that it was only the coldness with which he met the King's advances to familiarity that prevented him from becoming the ...
... beauty , -- the fact that Rich , the pre- sent object of his munificence , was eminently hand- some , and indeed that it was only the coldness with which he met the King's advances to familiarity that prevented him from becoming the ...
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... beauty : but Sir Nicholas Bacon's sons conveyed her out of a window into a private chamber , over the leads , and so disappointed the Duke of his wicked purpose . In which cleanly conveyance the author had a hand with the knight's sons ...
... beauty : but Sir Nicholas Bacon's sons conveyed her out of a window into a private chamber , over the leads , and so disappointed the Duke of his wicked purpose . In which cleanly conveyance the author had a hand with the knight's sons ...
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... beauty . Thwarted in her ambitious views , and piqued at being compelled to yield to a man , whom she so thoroughly despised , her violence and hatred ex- ceeded all bounds . She was in the habit , at Edin- burgh , of forcing herself ...
... beauty . Thwarted in her ambitious views , and piqued at being compelled to yield to a man , whom she so thoroughly despised , her violence and hatred ex- ceeded all bounds . She was in the habit , at Edin- burgh , of forcing herself ...
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... beauty of Queens is seldom left uncelebrated ; and as historians are silent on the present occasion , there is reason to suppose that there was little room for panegyric . Peyton alone styles her , " A body of a goodly presence ...
... beauty of Queens is seldom left uncelebrated ; and as historians are silent on the present occasion , there is reason to suppose that there was little room for panegyric . Peyton alone styles her , " A body of a goodly presence ...
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Seite 56 - I am certain she was not joined with good works, and left the court in a staggering condition: Charity came to the King's feet, and seemed to cover the multitude of sins her sisters had committed; in some...
Seite 316 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Seite 81 - ... it appears that God hath appointed (for a supernatural sign of the monstrous impiety of witches) that the water shall refuse to receive them in her bosom that have shaken off them the sacred water of baptism, and wilfully refused the benefit thereof...
Seite 192 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light, You common people of the skies; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Seite 379 - Being thus doubtful in my chamber one fair day in the summer, my casement being open towards the south, the sun shining clear and no wind stirring, I took my book De Veritate in my hand, and kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words : ' O thou Eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech Thee of...
Seite 336 - I have been bullied by an usurper ; I have been neglected by a court ; but I will not be dictated to by a subject : your man shan't stand. " ANNE Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery.
Seite 365 - England's high chancellor, the destined heir In his soft cradle to his father's chair, Whose even thread the Fates spin round and full, Out of their choicest and their whitest wool...
Seite 370 - Sir James Croft, a Pensioner, finding the -Queen stayed, returned back and told who I was, and that I had married Sir William Herbert of St. Gillian's daughter : the Queen hereupon looked attentively upon me, and swearing again her ordinary oath, said it is pity he was married so young, and thereupon gave her hand to kiss twice, both times gently clapping me on the cheek.
Seite 378 - ... told Shall with us everlasting be. For if no use of sense remain When bodies once this life forsake, Or they could no delight partake, Why should they ever rise again?
Seite 362 - Twixt a prison and a smile. Then, since Fortune's favours fade, You, that in her arms do sleep, Learn to swim, and not to wade; For the hearts of kings are deep. But if greatness be so blind As to trust in towers of air, Let it be with goodness lined, That at least the fall be fair.