History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Volume 3J. B. Lippincott, 1837 - Spain |
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... means of annoyance , the French monarch went briskly for- ward with his preparations , the object of which he did not affect to conceal . Frederick , the unfortunate king of Naples , saw himself with dismay now menaced with the loss of ...
... means of annoyance , the French monarch went briskly for- ward with his preparations , the object of which he did not affect to conceal . Frederick , the unfortunate king of Naples , saw himself with dismay now menaced with the loss of ...
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... means the Spanish government , if it could not rescue the whole prize from the grasp of Louis , would at least divide it with him . " Instructions were accordingly given to Gralla , the minister at the court of Paris , to sound the ...
... means the Spanish government , if it could not rescue the whole prize from the grasp of Louis , would at least divide it with him . " Instructions were accordingly given to Gralla , the minister at the court of Paris , to sound the ...
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... means for prompt action on any point where circumstances might require it . The fleet consisted of about sixty sail , large and small , and carried forces amounting to six hundred horse and four thousand foot , picked men , many of them ...
... means for prompt action on any point where circumstances might require it . The fleet consisted of about sixty sail , large and small , and carried forces amounting to six hundred horse and four thousand foot , picked men , many of them ...
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... mean time , he carefully avoided entering into such engagements as should compel him to a different policy by connecting his own interests with those of Frederick ; and with this view , no doubt , rejected the alliance , strongly ...
... mean time , he carefully avoided entering into such engagements as should compel him to a different policy by connecting his own interests with those of Frederick ; and with this view , no doubt , rejected the alliance , strongly ...
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... mean while , Louis the Twelfth having com- pleted his preparations for the invasion of Naples , an army , consisting of one thousand lances and ten thou- sand Swiss and Gascon foot , crossed the Alps , and directed its march towards the ...
... mean while , Louis the Twelfth having com- pleted his preparations for the invasion of Naples , an army , consisting of one thousand lances and ten thou- sand Swiss and Gascon foot , crossed the Alps , and directed its march towards the ...
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Page 190 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is -found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...
Page 401 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 205 - When I mention religion, I mean the Christian religion ; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion ; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
Page 473 - Certainly his times for good commonwealth's laws did excel. So as he may justly be celebrated for the best lawgiver to this nation, after King Edward the First ; for his laws, whoso marks them well, are deep, and not vulgar ; not made upon the spur of a particular occasion for the present, but out of providence of the future, to make the estate of his people still more and more happy ; after the manner of the legislators in ancient and heroical times.
Page 188 - Among her moral qualities, the most conspicuous, perhaps, was her magnanimity. She betrayed nothing little or selfish, in thought or action. Her schemes were vast, and executed in the same noble spirit in which they were conceived. She never employed doubtful agents or sinister measures, but the most direct and open policy.
Page 401 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Page 188 - ... as presents to her friends. Naturally of a sedate, though cheerful temper, she had little taste for the frivolous amusements which make up so much of a court life ; and, if she encouraged the presence of minstrels and musicians in her palace, it was to wean her young nobility from the coarser and less intellectual pleasures to which they were addicted.
Page 193 - I find them so curiously penned, so full of branches and circumstances, that I think the inquisition of Spain used not so many questions to comprehend and to trap their priests.
Page 290 - Beneficia eo usque laeta sunt dum videntur exsolvi posse; ubi multum antevenere, pro gratia odium redditur.
Page 184 - falls powerless by my side, for very sorrow. The world has lost its noblest ornament; a loss to be deplored not only by Spain, which she has so long carried forward in the career of glory, but by every nation in Christendom; for she was the mirror of every virtue, the shield of the innocent, and an avenging sword to the wicked. I know none of her sex, in ancient or modern times, who in my judgment is at all worthy to be named with this incomparable woman.