Memoirs of the court of England during the reigns of the Stuarts, including the protectorate of Oliver Cromwell

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J.C. Nimmo, 1901
 

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Sayfa 74 - I am certain she was not joined with good works, and left the court in a staggering condition: Charity came to the King's feet, and seemed to cover the multitude of sins her sisters had committed; in some...
Sayfa 96 - ... it appears that God hath appointed (for a supernatural sign of the monstrous impiety of witches) that the water shall refuse to receive them in her bosom that have shaken off them the sacred water of baptism, and wilfully refused the benefit thereof...
Sayfa 38 - Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Sayfa 98 - Why withdrawest thou thy hand : why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy ? 13 For God is my King of old : the help that is done upon earth he doeth it himself.
Sayfa 73 - ... of such plenty as would have astonished each sober beholder. Our feasts were magnificent, and the two royal guests did most lovingly embrace each other at table. I think the Dane hath strangely wrought on our good English nobles; for those whom I never could get to taste good liquor, now follow the fashion and wallow in beastly delights. The ladies abandon their sobriety, and are seen to roll about in intoxication.
Sayfa 205 - Philomel her voice shall raise ? You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th...
Sayfa 204 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number than your light ; You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise ? " You curious chanters of the wood, That warble forth Dame Nature's lays, Thinking your...
Sayfa 92 - shall I? Shall I?" then lolled about his neck, then "For God's sake give thy Lady this kiss for me" in the same manner at the stair's head, at the middle of the stairs, and at the stair's foot.
Sayfa 241 - ... rude enough, he told her, " she should " repent it." Her majesty " answering with some quickness, he replied insolently to her, " that there " had been queens in England, who had lost their
Sayfa 259 - In full-blown dignity see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand ; To him the church, the realm, their powers consign, Through him the rays of regal bounty shine ; Turned by his nod the stream of honour flows ; His smile alone security bestows; Still to new heights his restless wishes tower, Claim leads to claim, and power advances power; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please, And rights submitted left him none to seize.

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