The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the Accession of James VI. to the Throne of England, to the Union of the Kingdoms in the Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 2 |
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The latter is written in an indifferent French hand ; it is signed at the end of each
leaf and at the conclusion , with a contraction of the initials of Nicholas Hubert ,
nick - named Paris , and appears to be a free and voluntary confession , made ...
The latter is written in an indifferent French hand ; it is signed at the end of each
leaf and at the conclusion , with a contraction of the initials of Nicholas Hubert ,
nick - named Paris , and appears to be a free and voluntary confession , made ...
Page 41
That Paris was employed to dress , or to put the queen's bed in order , proceeds
from a misapprehension of the French phrase , dresser un lit , which her
apologisers have mistaken for fair un lit , and have ludicrously imagined that her
...
That Paris was employed to dress , or to put the queen's bed in order , proceeds
from a misapprehension of the French phrase , dresser un lit , which her
apologisers have mistaken for fair un lit , and have ludicrously imagined that her
...
Page 43
The manners however of the French court , were as free and licentious then , as
at a later period ; and among the honnêtes libertés 52 In the MS . copies of
Knox's History , “ Wise men judge such fashions , " ( the queen's dancing of the ...
The manners however of the French court , were as free and licentious then , as
at a later period ; and among the honnêtes libertés 52 In the MS . copies of
Knox's History , “ Wise men judge such fashions , " ( the queen's dancing of the ...
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CHAP . of the French dames , Brantome informs us ; “ Elles choisissent , au
moins aucuns , leur valets desquelles aucuns sont beaux et autres non ; “ comme
j'en ay connu qu'ils ont fait , et si n'en “ faut prier longuement leurs dits valets , car
...
CHAP . of the French dames , Brantome informs us ; “ Elles choisissent , au
moins aucuns , leur valets desquelles aucuns sont beaux et autres non ; “ comme
j'en ay connu qu'ils ont fait , et si n'en “ faut prier longuement leurs dits valets , car
...
Page 45
But the Scotch copy retains the taylor of the French original ; the persons present
with Bothwell when the explosion took place , were Paris , Wilson , Hay , and
Hepburn , Powrie and Dalgleish ; and “ Bothwell sent the said Taylor , “ next ...
But the Scotch copy retains the taylor of the French original ; the persons present
with Bothwell when the explosion took place , were Paris , Wilson , Hay , and
Hepburn , Powrie and Dalgleish ; and “ Bothwell sent the said Taylor , “ next ...
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