Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman Conquest: With Anecdotes of Their Courts, Now First Published from Official Records and Other Authentic Documents, Private as Well as Public, Volume 6 |
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... marry . " Mrs. Ashley also talked with Mr. Tyrwhitt about the marriage , who bade her " take heed , for it were but undoing , if it were done without the council's leave . " At Christmas the report became general that the lady Elizabeth ...
... marry . " Mrs. Ashley also talked with Mr. Tyrwhitt about the marriage , who bade her " take heed , for it were but undoing , if it were done without the council's leave . " At Christmas the report became general that the lady Elizabeth ...
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... of late that I shall marry my lady Jane ! " adding , " I tell you this merrily — I tell you this merrily . " 973 1 Haynes ' State Papers . 2 2 Ibid . 8 Ibid . When these communications had been made to the lady Elizabeth ELIZABETH . 31.
... of late that I shall marry my lady Jane ! " adding , " I tell you this merrily — I tell you this merrily . " 973 1 Haynes ' State Papers . 2 2 Ibid . 8 Ibid . When these communications had been made to the lady Elizabeth ELIZABETH . 31.
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... marry with him ? To which she replied , ' When that comes to pass , I will do as God shall put into my mind . ' 999 1 " I remember well , " continues Parry , " that when I told her grace how that the lord - admiral would gladly , she ...
... marry with him ? To which she replied , ' When that comes to pass , I will do as God shall put into my mind . ' 999 1 " I remember well , " continues Parry , " that when I told her grace how that the lord - admiral would gladly , she ...
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... marry , and better it were , that they were married within the realm , than in any foreign place without the realm ; and why , " continued he , " might not I or another man , raised by the king their father , marry one of them ? " Then ...
... marry , and better it were , that they were married within the realm , than in any foreign place without the realm ; and why , " continued he , " might not I or another man , raised by the king their father , marry one of them ? " Then ...
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... marry , neither in England nor out of England , without the consent of the king's majesty , your grace's , and the council's . ' And after the queen was departed— ( A cool way , by the bye , of alluding to the death of queen Katharine ...
... marry , neither in England nor out of England , without the consent of the king's majesty , your grace's , and the council's . ' And after the queen was departed— ( A cool way , by the bye , of alluding to the death of queen Katharine ...
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Page 320 - 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 115 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
Page 493 - At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts...
Page 148 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
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Page 58 - The king left her rich clothes and jewels ; and I know it to be true, that, in seven years after her father's death, she never in all that time looked upon that rich attire and precious jewels but once, and that against her will.
Page 493 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And...
Page 321 - The Daughter of Debate, that eke discord doth sow, Shall reap no gain where former rule hath taught still peace to grow No foreign banished wight shall anchor in this port; Our realm it brooks no stranger's force, let them elsewhere resort. Our rusty sword with rest shall first his edge employ, To poll their tops that seek such change and gape for joy.
Page 166 - of the most high and mighty princess, our dread sovereign, lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, queen of England, France, Ireland, Defender of the true, ancient, and catholic faith, most worthy empress from the Orcade Isles to the Mountains Pyrenee.
Page 55 - I judged best adapted to supply her tongue with the purest diction; her mind with the most excellent precepts; and her exalted station with a defence against the utmost power of fortune. For her religious instruction, she drew first from the fountains of Scripture; and afterwards from St. Cyprian, the 'Common-places' of Melancthon, and similar works, which convey pure doctrine in elegant language.