Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications |
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xiii. oldal
... years . A few of the more important may be mentioned . In 1725 , Jebb published his own life of Mary , and his collection , in two volumes folio , of works which had pre- viously appeared both for and against her . The former PREFACE .
... years . A few of the more important may be mentioned . In 1725 , Jebb published his own life of Mary , and his collection , in two volumes folio , of works which had pre- viously appeared both for and against her . The former PREFACE .
48. oldal
... mentioned , to awaken recollections of some of the most remarka- ble events of French history . Neither must we omit to mention the two ladies who held the highest places in the French Court . The sister and the wife of Henry II ...
... mentioned , to awaken recollections of some of the most remarka- ble events of French history . Neither must we omit to mention the two ladies who held the highest places in the French Court . The sister and the wife of Henry II ...
60. oldal
... mention , that we do not observe the old division of the year . Down till 1563 , the French began the year at Easter ; but it was then altered to the 1st of January , by the Chancellor L ' Hopital . In Scotland till 1599 , and in ...
... mention , that we do not observe the old division of the year . Down till 1563 , the French began the year at Easter ; but it was then altered to the 1st of January , by the Chancellor L ' Hopital . In Scotland till 1599 , and in ...
62. oldal
... mentioned them when he asked Elizabeth's assistance to establish the Protestant religion in France . On the contrary , he trumps up a ridiculous story , to which no one has ever given any credit , that Mary had ceded her right to the ...
... mentioned them when he asked Elizabeth's assistance to establish the Protestant religion in France . On the contrary , he trumps up a ridiculous story , to which no one has ever given any credit , that Mary had ceded her right to the ...
66. oldal
... mention . That her eyes were not black , we have the di- rect testimony of Beal , Clerk to the Privy Coun- cil of England , who was ordered by Cecil to be present at the death of the Scottish Queen , and who describes her as having ...
... mention . That her eyes were not black , we have the di- rect testimony of Beal , Clerk to the Privy Coun- cil of England , who was ordered by Cecil to be present at the death of the Scottish Queen , and who describes her as having ...
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accused afterwards allowed ambassador Anderson answer anxious appear Argyle authority Bishop Bishop of Ross Bothwell's Brantome Buchanan captivity Carberry Hill Castle Catholic cause Cecil Chalmers Commissioners conference consent Court crown Darnley's death declared Douglas Duke Dunbar Earl of Bothwell Earl of Huntly Earl of Lennox Earl of Mar Earl of Morton Earl of Murray Edinburgh Elizabeth enemies England English favour France French friends Goodall guilt Hamilton hand Holyrood honour husband imprisonment Keith King Kirk-of-Field knew Knox Lady Lennox letters Loch-Leven Lord Herries Maitland Majesty marriage Mary Mary's Melville ment Murray's never nobility nobles occasion Palace Parliament party person possession present Prince prisoner Privy Council Queen of Scots realm rebels Reformers refused Regent Rizzio Robertson says Scotland Scottish sent servants Sir James soon Sovereign St Andrews Stirling subjects taken thing Throckmorton tion took trial truth whole wished
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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.