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... Duke of Northumberland . - Suffolk set at liberty . - Trial of Northumberland His execution . - Lady Jane Grey . -Her treatment . - Her angelic conduct . - Queen Mary's religious persecutions . Her coronation .... 211 CHAPTER XI . Trial ...
... Duke of Northumberland . - Suffolk set at liberty . - Trial of Northumberland His execution . - Lady Jane Grey . -Her treatment . - Her angelic conduct . - Queen Mary's religious persecutions . Her coronation .... 211 CHAPTER XI . Trial ...
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... Duke of Suffolk . - His execution . - End of Wyatt . - Lady Katharine and Lady Mary Grey . - Per- secution of Queen Elizabeth . - The end ..... PAGE 250 298 LIFE OF LADY JANE GREY . CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF xii CONTENTS .
... Duke of Suffolk . - His execution . - End of Wyatt . - Lady Katharine and Lady Mary Grey . - Per- secution of Queen Elizabeth . - The end ..... PAGE 250 298 LIFE OF LADY JANE GREY . CHAPTER I. BIRTH OF xii CONTENTS .
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... Earl of Rivers - she after his death marrying King Edward IV . Their son- Sir Thomas Grey held high office under Henry VII . was created Knight of the Garter ... Duke of Suffolk and others , went to Paris , and obtained LADY JANE GREY . 15.
... Earl of Rivers - she after his death marrying King Edward IV . Their son- Sir Thomas Grey held high office under Henry VII . was created Knight of the Garter ... Duke of Suffolk and others , went to Paris , and obtained LADY JANE GREY . 15.
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... Duke of Suffolk . He married . Frances , eldest daughter of Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , whose wife was sister to Henry VIII . The children of Henry , third Marquis of Dorset ( afterwards Duke of Suffolk ) , were Jane , Katharine ...
... Duke of Suffolk . He married . Frances , eldest daughter of Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , whose wife was sister to Henry VIII . The children of Henry , third Marquis of Dorset ( afterwards Duke of Suffolk ) , were Jane , Katharine ...
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... Duke of Suffolk . Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , was a person of elegant appear- ance , most winning manners and exalted courage . He was perhaps the most accomplished gentleman of his time , and contrived to win the affections of ...
... Duke of Suffolk . Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , was a person of elegant appear- ance , most winning manners and exalted courage . He was perhaps the most accomplished gentleman of his time , and contrived to win the affections of ...
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Page 113 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Page 112 - and tell you a truth which,- perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that he sent me so sharp and severe parents, and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Page 179 - JANE, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, under Christ, in Earth the supreme Head.
Page 112 - I wist, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 147 - Rather do thou walk with him, ride with him, play with him, be his faery, his page, his everything that love and poetry have invented ; but watch him well ; sport with his fancies ; turn them about like the ringlets round his cheek; and if ever he meditate on power, go toss up thy baby to his brow, and bring back his thoughts into his heart by the music of thy discourse. Teach him to live unto God and unto thee ; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and...
Page 147 - I sincerely love the youth who hath espoused me ; I love him with the fondest, the most solicitous affection ; I pray to the Almighty for his goodness and happiness, and do forget at times, unworthy supplicant ! the prayers I should have offered for myself. Never fear that I will disparage my kind religious teacher, by disobedience to my husband in the most trying duties.
Page 144 - Recollectest thou who wrote, sitting upon the sea-beach the evening after an excursion to the Isle of Wight, these verses? ' Invisibly bright water ! so like air, On looking down I feared...
Page 111 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park : I found her in her chamber, reading " Phaedon Platonis " in Greek, and that with as much delight as some gentlemen would read a merry tale in Boccace.
Page 112 - I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even...
Page 286 - I pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Christian woman, and that I...