The Life of Queen Elizabeth

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J.M. Dent, 1910 - 718 sayfa
 

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vii
III
26
V
62
VII
105
IX
165
XI
225
XIII
290
XIV
341
XVI
412
XVII
491
XIX
555
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Sayfa 250 - Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music." The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November
Sayfa 513 - lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king
Sayfa 486 - to do a deed of shame, This murder had not come into my mind. ****** But thou didst understand me by my signs, And didst in signs again parley with sin ; Yet, without stop, didst let thy heart consent, And consequently thy rude hand to act The deed, which both our tongues held vile to name.
Sayfa 506 - horse had met on Clifton Down. The sentinel on Whitehall gate looked forth into the night, And saw o'erhanging Richmond Hill the streak of blood-red light; The bugles' note and cannons' roar the deathlike silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke ; At once, on all her stately gates, arose
Sayfa 514 - Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a queen ? " The wisdom and magnanimity of the union of rival creeds and adverse parties in one national bond of association, for the defence of their threatened land, doubtless inspired the immortal lines with which
Sayfa 539 - teach my saints this carol for a song : Blest be the hearts that wish my sovereign well, Cursed be the souls that think to do her wrong ! Goddess, vouchsafe this aged man his right, To be your beadsman now, that was your knight.
Sayfa 613 - into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court. " The queen dines and sups alone, with very few attendants ; and it is very seldom that anybody, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power.
Sayfa 675 - her withdrawing-chambers, sitting low upon her cushions. She called me to her; I kissed her hand, and told her it was my chiefest happiness to see her in safety and in health, which I wished might long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said,
Sayfa 621 - Happy could he finish forth his fate, In some unhaunted desert most obscure, From all society, from love and hate, Of worldly folk ; then should he sleep secure. Then wake again, and yield God ever praise, Content with hips, and haws, and bramble berry, In contemplation passing out
Sayfa 265 - You know what you were before I made you what you are now. If you do not immediately comply with my request, I will unfrock you, by God. ' "ELIZABETH." This letter had the desired effect of inducing the Bishop of Ely to resign a large proportion of the estate of the see,—the gate-house of his palace on

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