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" ... 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. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman... "
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth - Page 229
by Lucy Aikin - 1818
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A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First ...

Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - Great Britain - 1812 - 502 pages
...and my blood even in the dust. 1 know that I have but the body of a weak woman ; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince in Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm. I myself will take up arms, I myself will...
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Elegant epistles: a copious selection of instructive, moral, and ...

Elegant epistles - 1812 - 316 pages
...in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but 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 in Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm ; to which, rather than my dishonour should...
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The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 502 pages
...blood, even in the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, bi\t I have the heart of a king-, and of a king of England too ; and think...the borders of my realms. To which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms; 1 myself will be your general, judge, and...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 13

Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 528 pages
...blood, even in the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think...invade the borders of my realms. To which, rather than anv dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think it foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think it foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my...
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Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the ..., Volume 6

David Ramsay - World history - 1819 - 364 pages
...loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects. I know I am but a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or any prince in Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realms.'' The Spanish armada had been but a few...
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Annual Register, Volume 35

Edmund Burke - History - 1821 - 758 pages
...the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a king, and a king of England too : and think foul scorn that...the borders of my realms : to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I MYSELF, will take up arms ; I MTSELF will be your general, judge, and...
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The Percy anecdotes, by Sholto and Reuben Percy. (Eloquence).

Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too ; and take foul scorn that Parma, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm. To the which, rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will venture my royal blood....
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The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among ..., Volume 2

John Nichols - England - 1823 - 680 pages
...blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England too ; and think...the borders of my realms: to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms ; I myself will be your general, judge, and...
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