Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Last and Two Preceding Centuries, Volume 1T. Cadell, and W. Davies, 1804 - Anecdotes |
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... sent to the Tower , fhe faid to him , very mildly , " Do you " not know that we are defcended of the lion , " whose nature is , not to prey upon the mouse , or " other small vermin ? " Osborne Osborne , in his Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth ...
... sent to the Tower , fhe faid to him , very mildly , " Do you " not know that we are defcended of the lion , " whose nature is , not to prey upon the mouse , or " other small vermin ? " Osborne Osborne , in his Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth ...
Page 239
... sent him a ftag , he fent up for the under- keeper , and having drank the King's health to " him in a great filver gilt bowl , he gave it to him " for his fee . " He " He wrote a pitiful letter to King James not LORD BACONI 259.
... sent him a ftag , he fent up for the under- keeper , and having drank the King's health to " him in a great filver gilt bowl , he gave it to him " for his fee . " He " He wrote a pitiful letter to King James not LORD BACONI 259.
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... sent to Sir Fulk " Greville , Lord Brooke , in his neighbourhood , " ( " " ( now and then , ) for a bottle of his beer , and " after fome grumbling , the butler had order to deny him . So fordid was the one that advanced " himfelf to be ...
... sent to Sir Fulk " Greville , Lord Brooke , in his neighbourhood , " ( " " ( now and then , ) for a bottle of his beer , and " after fome grumbling , the butler had order to deny him . So fordid was the one that advanced " himfelf to be ...
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... SENT TO MR . DUKE IN DEVON . сс MR . DUKE , " I write to Mr. Prideaux to move you for the purchase of Hayes * , a farm fome time in my " father's poffeffion . I will most willingly give " whatsoever in your confcience you fhall deeme ...
... SENT TO MR . DUKE IN DEVON . сс MR . DUKE , " I write to Mr. Prideaux to move you for the purchase of Hayes * , a farm fome time in my " father's poffeffion . I will most willingly give " whatsoever in your confcience you fhall deeme ...
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... SENT TO THE A. BP OF CANT . D ' SANCROFT . " s ' , " After his late Mâtye's remove from Wind- " for to St. James's , albeit according to ye duty " of my place I lay in the next room to the bed- " chamber , the Ks then commanded me to ...
... SENT TO THE A. BP OF CANT . D ' SANCROFT . " s ' , " After his late Mâtye's remove from Wind- " for to St. James's , albeit according to ye duty " of my place I lay in the next room to the bed- " chamber , the Ks then commanded me to ...
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Page 140 - I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 140 - I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust.
Page 140 - I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Page 141 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Page 358 - But as for Richard Cromwell, his son, who is he? What are his titles? We have seen that he had a sword by his side; but did he ever draw it? And what is of more importance in this case, is he fit to get obedience from a mighty nation, who could never make a footman obey him?
Page 399 - I have seen the water run like a constant fountain stream forty feet high ; one vessel of water rarefied by fire driveth up forty of cold water. And a man that tends the work is but to turn two cocks, that one vessel of water being consumed, another begins to force and re-fill with cold water, and so successively, the fire being tended and kept constant, which the self-same person may likewise abundantly perform in the interim between the necessity of turning the said cocks.
Page 339 - House well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor. His linen was plain, and' not very clean ; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar. His hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable,...
Page 339 - I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean, and I remember a speck or two of blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hatband ; his stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close to his side ; his countenance swollen and reddish ; his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.
Page 327 - In such sessions, ten hours long, there was much public eating, not only of confections, but of flesh and bread ; bottles of beer and wine going thick from mouth to mouth, without cups ; and all this in the King's eye : yea, many but turned their back, and — (Good Heavens!) — through the forms they sat on.
Page 62 - ... flesh whatsoever: for which yet you have cast me into many calamities, and yourself into many troubles. But I forgive you all, and pray God to do so likewise.