Lives of the Queens of EnglandHarper & Brothers, 1882 |
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afterward Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves arrived attended beautiful birth Bishop bride brother brought Castle caused chamber Charles child Church consort coronation council court crown daughter death Duchess Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Earl Edward eldest Eleanora Elizabeth Empress Matilda English father favorite France French gave George hand heir Henrietta Henry VIII Henry's honor husband infant Isabella James's Jane Jane Seymour Joanna John Katharine Parr Katharine's King Henry King James king's Lady land letter London Lord Louis majesty Margaret Marlborough marriage married Mary Beatrice Matilda mistress mother never noble Normandy palace Parliament person present Prince of Wales Princess Anne prisoner Queen Anne Queen Katharine Queen Mary Queen of England received reign rendered replied Richard royal Scotland sent sister soon sovereign throne tion took place Tower uncle Westminster Abbey widow wife William Windsor Windsor Castle
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Sayfa 403 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Sayfa 403 - ... particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the, table, and conveyed it 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 any body, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power.
Sayfa 402 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness; instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Sayfa 402 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers, or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch.
Sayfa 402 - Next came the queen, in the sixty-sixth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar).
Sayfa 401 - London, a great number of counsellors of state, officers of the crown, and gentlemen, who waited the Queen's coming out; which she did from her own apartment when it was time to go to prayers, attended in the following manner: First went...
Sayfa 230 - For the rest I commend unto you Mary our daughter, beseeching you to be a good father to her, as I have heretofore desired.
Sayfa 402 - Gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Sayfa 416 - He did so for half an hour more, with earnest cries to God for her soul's health, which he uttered with that fervency of spirit, as the Queen, to all our sight, much rejoiced thereat, and gave testimony, to us all of her Christian and comfortable end. By this time it grew late, and every one departed, all but her women that attended her.
Sayfa 457 - Above all, he bade me tell my mother, ' that his thoughts had never strayed from her, and that his love for her would be the same to the last ;' withal, he commanded me (and my brother) to love her, and be obedient to her. He desired ' me not to grieve for him, for he should die a martyr; and that he doubted not but God would restore the throne to his son, and that then we should be all happier than we could possibly have been, if he had lived.' " " Then, taking my brother Gloucester on his knee,...