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... hand of his own daughter to him as his wife . Henry VIII . was frantic with rage at what he termed the treachery of the prince , and the am- bassador of France proposed , with adroitness , that Mary Tudor should marry the king , his ...
... hand of his own daughter to him as his wife . Henry VIII . was frantic with rage at what he termed the treachery of the prince , and the am- bassador of France proposed , with adroitness , that Mary Tudor should marry the king , his ...
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... hand . She replied that if he did not win her in a month , he would never do so . They were soon privately married in Paris , after which Mary wrote the king , her brother , imploring his pardon for the step she had taken without his ...
... hand . She replied that if he did not win her in a month , he would never do so . They were soon privately married in Paris , after which Mary wrote the king , her brother , imploring his pardon for the step she had taken without his ...
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... hand of the Duke of Norfolk . But Wolsey , with aston- ishing talent , became himself the most powerful and influential man at court , and left his friends the duke and bishop , far behind him in the race for distinction . He at once ...
... hand of the Duke of Norfolk . But Wolsey , with aston- ishing talent , became himself the most powerful and influential man at court , and left his friends the duke and bishop , far behind him in the race for distinction . He at once ...
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... hands copies of the letters of the cardinal to Rome , which proved very clearly that Wolsey was fully committed to the cause of the unfortu- nate Queen Katharine . Bills were soon filed against him in the court of King's Bench , accus ...
... hands copies of the letters of the cardinal to Rome , which proved very clearly that Wolsey was fully committed to the cause of the unfortu- nate Queen Katharine . Bills were soon filed against him in the court of King's Bench , accus ...
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... hand upon the old man's shoulder , said , " My lord , I arrest you of high treason ! " For a few moments the cardinal stood silent , as if completely overcome , and then he burst out into cries and lamentations . He set out at once with ...
... hand upon the old man's shoulder , said , " My lord , I arrest you of high treason ! " For a few moments the cardinal stood silent , as if completely overcome , and then he burst out into cries and lamentations . He set out at once with ...
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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...