Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications |
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18. oldal
... castle at St Andrews . An Eccle- siastical Court was there assembled , at which Wishart was sentenced to be burnt . It may give us a clearer idea of the spirit of the times , to know , that on the day on which this sentence was to be ...
... castle at St Andrews . An Eccle- siastical Court was there assembled , at which Wishart was sentenced to be burnt . It may give us a clearer idea of the spirit of the times , to know , that on the day on which this sentence was to be ...
19. oldal
... castle by the gate , which was open to admit some workmen who were repairing the fortifications , be and his assistants proceeded to the door of the Cardinal's chamber , at which they knock- ed . Beaton asked , " Who is there ? " - Nor ...
... castle by the gate , which was open to admit some workmen who were repairing the fortifications , be and his assistants proceeded to the door of the Cardinal's chamber , at which they knock- ed . Beaton asked , " Who is there ? " - Nor ...
36. oldal
... Castle of Edinburgh . Perceiving that her end was approach- ing , she requested an interview with some of the leaders of the Congregation . The Duke of Chatel- herault , the Prior of St Andrews , or the Lord James , as he was commonly ...
... Castle of Edinburgh . Perceiving that her end was approach- ing , she requested an interview with some of the leaders of the Congregation . The Duke of Chatel- herault , the Prior of St Andrews , or the Lord James , as he was commonly ...
37. oldal
... Castle from the 9th of June until the 19th of October , when she , by Pinyours , was carried to a ship , and so car- ried to France . What pomp was used there , we neither hear nor yet regard ; but in it we see that she , that de ...
... Castle from the 9th of June until the 19th of October , when she , by Pinyours , was carried to a ship , and so car- ried to France . What pomp was used there , we neither hear nor yet regard ; but in it we see that she , that de ...
44. oldal
... Castle , in the keeping of Lords Erskine and Livingstone . Here she receiv- ed the first rudiments of education from two ec- clesiastics , who were appointed her preceptors , more , however , as matter of form , than from any use they ...
... Castle , in the keeping of Lords Erskine and Livingstone . Here she receiv- ed the first rudiments of education from two ec- clesiastics , who were appointed her preceptors , more , however , as matter of form , than from any use they ...
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153. oldal - She repented nothing but, when the Lords and others, at Inverness, came in the morning from the watches, that she was not a man to know what life it was to lie all night in the fields, or to walk upon the causeway with a jack and a knapsack, a Glasgow buckler, and a broadsword.
168. oldal - Why should the pleasing face of a gentlewoman affray me ? I have looked in the faces of many angry men, and yet have not been afraid above measure.
137. oldal - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
111. oldal - ... memory of man, that day of the year was never seen a more dolorous face of the heaven, than was at her arrival, which two days after did so continue: for, besides the...
236. oldal - God forbid that I should make so foul a shipwreck of my conscience, or leave so great a blot to my poor posterity, to shed blood without Law or Warrant...
236. oldal - I am so unhappy to have liven to see this unhappy day, in the which I am required, by direction from my most gracious Sovereign, to do an act which God and the law forbiddeth.
291. oldal - Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him, and saith that if it were put to her choice to relinquish her crown and kingdom or the Lord Bothwell, she would leave her kingdom and dignity to go as a simple damsel with him, and that she will never consent that he shall fare worse or have more harm than herself.
64. oldal - Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her hair was black, though, according to the fashion of that age, she frequently wore borrowed locks, and of different colours.
190. oldal - I know the truth of that, Madam," said I ; " you need not tell it me. Your Majesty thinks, if you were married, you would be but queen of England ; and now you are both king and queen. I know your spirit cannot endure a commander.
249. oldal - ... agreeable woman rather than an illustrious queen. The vivacity of her spirit, not sufficiently tempered with sound judgment, and the warmth of her heart, which was not at all times under the restraint of discretion, betrayed her both into errors and into crimes. To say that she was always unfortunate will not account for that long and almost uninterrupted succession of calamities which befel her; we must likewise add that she was often imprudent.