Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications |
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vii. oldal
... history has been more ela- borately illustrated than that of her life and reign . She ascended the Scottish throne at a time replete with interest ; when the coun- try had awakened from the lethargy of ages , and when the gray dawn of ...
... history has been more ela- borately illustrated than that of her life and reign . She ascended the Scottish throne at a time replete with interest ; when the coun- try had awakened from the lethargy of ages , and when the gray dawn of ...
viii. oldal
... History . Mary herself , with her beauty and her misfortunes , shining among the rest like the creation of a softer age and clime , fills up the picture , and rivets the in- terest . She becomes the centre round which the others revolve ...
... History . Mary herself , with her beauty and her misfortunes , shining among the rest like the creation of a softer age and clime , fills up the picture , and rivets the in- terest . She becomes the centre round which the others revolve ...
xiii. oldal
... history of the Queen of Scots has continued one of those standard subjects which has given birth to a new work , at least every five years . A few of the more important may be mentioned . In 1725 , Jebb published his own life of Mary ...
... history of the Queen of Scots has continued one of those standard subjects which has given birth to a new work , at least every five years . A few of the more important may be mentioned . In 1725 , Jebb published his own life of Mary ...
xv. oldal
... History of Scotland . " Of course , the leading events of Mary's reign were narrated at length , but too much with the stiff frigidity which Robertson imagined constituted historical dignity , and which was continually betray- ing a ...
... History of Scotland . " Of course , the leading events of Mary's reign were narrated at length , but too much with the stiff frigidity which Robertson imagined constituted historical dignity , and which was continually betray- ing a ...
xvi. oldal
... History of England , cannot be supposed to have been very deeply versed in the affairs of Scotland ; and in so far ... historical nor biogra- 66 phical , but argumentative and controver- sial . It is xvi PREFACE . "
... History of England , cannot be supposed to have been very deeply versed in the affairs of Scotland ; and in so far ... historical nor biogra- 66 phical , but argumentative and controver- sial . It is xvi PREFACE . "
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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.