There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent... the monthly review - Page 409by SEVERAL HANDS - 1759Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...SECTION^Xl. , CHAHACTKH OF qUEEN ELIZABETH. There are few personages in hi&iory, who have been wore exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there scarcely is any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
| Lindley Murray - English literature - 1827 - 276 pages
.... Character of Q.UEEN ELIZABETH. 1. THERE are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there scarcely is any, whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 262 pages
...XI. Character of QUEEN ELIZABETH. 1HERE are few personages in history', who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies*. and the adulation of friends', than queen Elizabeth* ; and yet there scarcely is any', whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity*.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1827 - 308 pages
...QITF.FN ELIZABETH. 1. TKEBE are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny1 of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth; and yet there scarcely is any, whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimousb consent of posterity.... | |
| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 440 pages
...lustre in the eyes of all Europe. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
| Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...Character of Q.UEE:? ELIZABETH. 1. THEWS are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elizabeth ; and jet there scarcely is any, whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent... | |
| Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...Brought on, lui causa. ELtZABETH. There are few great personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than queen Elisabeth ; and yet there'is scarce any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...CHARACTER OP QUEEN ELIZABETH. • . . TIJ ERE are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and -the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarce any whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
| Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...CHARACTER OP QUEEN ELIZABETH. * . . " " THERE are few personages in history, who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies, and the adulation of friends, than Queen Elizabeth ; and yet there is scarcely any, whose reputation has been more certainly determined by the unanimous consent of posterity.... | |
| Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1835 - 364 pages
...1603, after a reign of forty-five years. There are few personages in history who have been more exposed to the calumny of enemies and the adulation of friends than Queen Elizabeth. It is probable that her character varied considerably in the different periods of her life ; yet, upon... | |
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