The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles the Fifth |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page xi
William Stirling Maxwell. officials of the archives . As the Gonzalez MS . has formed the groundwork of the following chapters , it may not be out of place here to give some account of that work and of its com- piler . At the restoration ...
William Stirling Maxwell. officials of the archives . As the Gonzalez MS . has formed the groundwork of the following chapters , it may not be out of place here to give some account of that work and of its com- piler . At the restoration ...
Page 1
... formed his celebrated resolution to exchange the cares and honours of a throne for the religious seclusion of a cloister . is certain , however , that this resolution was formed many years before it was carried into effect . With his ...
... formed his celebrated resolution to exchange the cares and honours of a throne for the religious seclusion of a cloister . is certain , however , that this resolution was formed many years before it was carried into effect . With his ...
Page 21
... formed her sole title to the name of the chaste goddess . She was now in her fifty - second year -bronzed rather than broken by her toils , and though A full and entertaining account of the ' Fiestas de Bins , ' for so the Spaniards ...
... formed her sole title to the name of the chaste goddess . She was now in her fifty - second year -bronzed rather than broken by her toils , and though A full and entertaining account of the ' Fiestas de Bins , ' for so the Spaniards ...
Page 27
... formed his travelling equip- ment . By the side of the litter rode Luis Quixada ; or , in case the chamberlain , who was also marshal and quarter - master , was needed elsewhere , his place was taken by La Chaulx , an old and faithful ...
... formed his travelling equip- ment . By the side of the litter rode Luis Quixada ; or , in case the chamberlain , who was also marshal and quarter - master , was needed elsewhere , his place was taken by La Chaulx , an old and faithful ...
Page 64
... , who after- wards formed the principal personages of the tiny court of Yuste . Foremost in interest as in rank stands < 1 the active mayordomo , who has already figured 64 [ CHAP . IV . CLOISTER LIFE OF The chamberlain, Luis Quixada.
... , who after- wards formed the principal personages of the tiny court of Yuste . Foremost in interest as in rank stands < 1 the active mayordomo , who has already figured 64 [ CHAP . IV . CLOISTER LIFE OF The chamberlain, Luis Quixada.
Contents
58 | |
64 | |
70 | |
76 | |
84 | |
85 | |
97 | |
113 | |
119 | |
125 | |
132 | |
138 | |
152 | |
228 | |
234 | |
258 | |
276 | |
277 | |
295 | |
302 | |
309 | |
318 | |
324 | |
329 | |
331 | |
338 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abdication afterwards Alba amongst archbishop arrived attended Austria Bakhuizen bishop bishop of Arras Borja brother Bruxelles Carranza Castille Castillian chamberlain Chap Charles the Fifth church cloister confessor convent count of Oropesa court crown death Don John Don Luis Doña ducats duke duke of Alba emperor Escorial Estremadura father favour favourite Ferdinand Flanders France Fray Juan French friars Gaztelu Gonzalez gout hand heretics holy honour household imperial infanta Jeromite Jesuit John of Austria Juana king Lady Laredo leagues letter likewise Lisbon Luis de Avila Luis Quixada Madrid majesty Mary master monastery monks Navarre Netherlands night noble palace Pedro Philip the Second Plasencia pope Portugal prelate prince princess princess-regent prior Quacos queen of Hungary Quixada received regent Regla retired royal Sandoval secretary sent Seville Siguença soon Spain Spanish thousand ducats tion Titian Toledo took Valladolid Vazquez Vida Villagarcia wrote Xarandilla Yuste
Popular passages
Page xiv - ... laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the rest of his soul, mingling his tears with those which his attendants shed, as if they had been celebrating a real funeral. The ceremony closed with sprinkling holy water on the coffin in the usual form, and, all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those...
Page 60 - I ever saw — he had his head in the glass five times as long as any of us, and never drank less than a good quart at once of Rhenish wine...
Page 345 - With Additions by Professors AGASSIZ, PIERCE, and GRAY; 12 Maps and Engravings on Steel, some Coloured, and copious Index.
Page xiv - He himself followed in his shroud. He was laid in his coffin, with much solemnity. The service for the dead was chanted, and Charles joined in the prayers which were offered up for the...
Page 345 - The City of God ; a Vision of the Past, the Present, and the Future. By E. BUDGE, Rector of Bratton. 8s. 6d. Chronicles of the Seasons; a Course of Daily Instruction and Amusement, selected from the Natural History, Science, Art, Antiquities, and Biography of our Fatherland. In Four Books, 3s.
Page xiv - ... all the assistants retiring, the doors of the chapel were shut. Then Charles rose out of the coffin, and withdrew to his apartment, full of those awful sentiments which such a singular solemnity was calculated to inspire. But either the fatiguing length of the ceremony, or the impression which...
Page 48 - ... retreat. It was seated in a vale of no great extent, watered by a small brook, and surrounded by rising grounds, covered with lofty trees ; from the nature of...