Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications |
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20. oldal
... says he , " are the works of our God , whereby he would admonish the tyrants of this earth , that , in the end , he will be revenged of their cruelty , what strength soever they make in the contrary . But such is the blind- ness of man ...
... says he , " are the works of our God , whereby he would admonish the tyrants of this earth , that , in the end , he will be revenged of their cruelty , what strength soever they make in the contrary . But such is the blind- ness of man ...
29. oldal
... says , dad- ding its head upon the pavement , soon reduced it to fragments , only regretting , that " the young St Giles " had not been so difficult to kill as his fa- ther . The priests , alarmed for their personal safe- ty , sought ...
... says , dad- ding its head upon the pavement , soon reduced it to fragments , only regretting , that " the young St Giles " had not been so difficult to kill as his fa- ther . The priests , alarmed for their personal safe- ty , sought ...
37. oldal
... says : - " The question was moved of her burial : the preachers boldly gainstood that any superstitious rites should be used within that realm , which God of his mercy had begun to purge ; and so was she clapped in a coffin of lead ...
... says : - " The question was moved of her burial : the preachers boldly gainstood that any superstitious rites should be used within that realm , which God of his mercy had begun to purge ; and so was she clapped in a coffin of lead ...
52. oldal
... says , " it captivates the imagination , it is also profitable and useful ; and therefore sur- passeth all other arts , and also painting , since this only represents the body and exquisite features of the face , whereas a device ...
... says , " it captivates the imagination , it is also profitable and useful ; and therefore sur- passeth all other arts , and also painting , since this only represents the body and exquisite features of the face , whereas a device ...
53. oldal
... says Haynes , " I understand not ; but which evidently meant to inculcate a lesson of humility , and to remind her that life , with all its grandeur , was the mere pro- logue to eternity . The French historian , Mezeray , mentions also ...
... says Haynes , " I understand not ; but which evidently meant to inculcate a lesson of humility , and to remind her that life , with all its grandeur , was the mere pro- logue to eternity . The French historian , Mezeray , mentions also ...
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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.