Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. By A. [and E.] Strickland, Volume 71840 |
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... wrote a severe reprimand to Shrewsbury ; and he , who was rendered by the jealousy of his wife the most miserable of men , petitioned to be released from the odious office that had been thrust upon him , of jailer to the fair , ill ...
... wrote a severe reprimand to Shrewsbury ; and he , who was rendered by the jealousy of his wife the most miserable of men , petitioned to be released from the odious office that had been thrust upon him , of jailer to the fair , ill ...
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... wrote to the states , " that , as to their disgrace , and without her knowledge , they had conferred the absolute government of the confederate states upon Leicester , her subject , though she had refused it herself , she now required ...
... wrote to the states , " that , as to their disgrace , and without her knowledge , they had conferred the absolute government of the confederate states upon Leicester , her subject , though she had refused it herself , she now required ...
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... wrote the following sentence , with the point of a diamond , on one of the panes : " Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . " In a very different spirit from that in which she had answered the pathetic aspiration , inscribed by ...
... wrote the following sentence , with the point of a diamond , on one of the panes : " Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . " In a very different spirit from that in which she had answered the pathetic aspiration , inscribed by ...
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... wrote to the queen , recommending his infants to her care and patronage . The eldest of these children was Robert , afterwards the noted favourite of Eliza- beth : he was then scarcely ten years old . Leicester soon after put away his ...
... wrote to the queen , recommending his infants to her care and patronage . The eldest of these children was Robert , afterwards the noted favourite of Eliza- beth : he was then scarcely ten years old . Leicester soon after put away his ...
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... wrote a pite- ous appeal to Elizabeth , who did not vouchsafe a reply . Under these circumstances , the unfortunate captive caught , with feverish eagerness , at every visionary scheme that whispered to her in her doleful prison - house ...
... wrote a pite- ous appeal to Elizabeth , who did not vouchsafe a reply . Under these circumstances , the unfortunate captive caught , with feverish eagerness , at every visionary scheme that whispered to her in her doleful prison - house ...
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Page 195 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 195 - And crushed and torn beneath his claws the princely hunters lay. Ho! strike the flagstaff deep, Sir Knight: ho! scatter flowers, fair maids: Ho! gunners, fire a loud salute: ho! gallants, draw your blades: Thou sun, shine on her joyously; ye breezes, waft her wide; Our glorious SEMPER EADEM, the banner of our pride.
Page 195 - And the broad streams of pikes and flags rushed down each roaring street; And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in...
Page 195 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the deathlike silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke. At once on all her stately gates arose the answering fires; At once the wild alarum clashed from all her reeling spires; From all the batteries of the Tower pealed loud the voice of fear; And all the thousand masts of Thames sent back a louder cheer...
Page 158 - Life flutters convulsed in his quivering limbs, And his blood-streaming nostril in agony swims. Accursed be the fagots that blaze at his feet, Where his heart shall be thrown, ere it ceases to beat, With the smoke of its ashes to poison the gale LOCHIEL.
Page 195 - For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace. And haughtily the trumpets peal, and gaily dance the bells, As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells. Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down.
Page 195 - Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang; they sprang from hill to hill...
Page 195 - Till the proud peak unfurled the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales ; Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales; Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height ; Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light ; Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on o'er the wide vale...
Page 221 - Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave lord-keeper led the brawls ; The seal and maces danced before him. His bushy beard, and shoe-strings green, His high-crown'd hat, and satin doublet, Moved the stout heart of England's queen, Though Pope and Spaniard could not trouble it.
Page 195 - Right sharp and quick the bells all night rang out from Bristol town, And ere the day three hundred horse had met on Clifton down...