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... Duke of Guise , and the young widow of the Duke of Lon- gueville . Following the example of their king , most of the Scotch nobility visited France , and as many as could afford it , sent their sons thither to be educated ; whilst on ...
... Duke of Guise , and the young widow of the Duke of Lon- gueville . Following the example of their king , most of the Scotch nobility visited France , and as many as could afford it , sent their sons thither to be educated ; whilst on ...
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... Duke of Somerset , who had been appointed Lord Protec- tor during the minority of Edward VI . , was de- termined upon following out the plans of the late monarch , and compelling the Scotch to agree to the alliance which he had proposed ...
... Duke of Somerset , who had been appointed Lord Protec- tor during the minority of Edward VI . , was de- termined upon following out the plans of the late monarch , and compelling the Scotch to agree to the alliance which he had proposed ...
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... Duke of Chatelherault , together with a pension of some value . During a period of two years , a continual series of skir- mishings were carried on between the Scotch , supported by their French allies , and the English ; but without ...
... Duke of Chatelherault , together with a pension of some value . During a period of two years , a continual series of skir- mishings were carried on between the Scotch , supported by their French allies , and the English ; but without ...
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... Duke of Chatelherault , wearied with the fatigues of Government , and provoked at the opposition he was continually meeting with , re- signed the regency in favour of the Queen - mother . Mary of Guise , by a visit she had shortly ...
... Duke of Chatelherault , wearied with the fatigues of Government , and provoked at the opposition he was continually meeting with , re- signed the regency in favour of the Queen - mother . Mary of Guise , by a visit she had shortly ...
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... Duke of Chatelherault , whose natural brother he was . He was greatly the Duke's superior in courage and sagacity , and was deeply imbued with the prelatical spirit of ambi- tion then so prevalent . The resignation of the regency ...
... Duke of Chatelherault , whose natural brother he was . He was greatly the Duke's superior in courage and sagacity , and was deeply imbued with the prelatical spirit of ambi- tion then so prevalent . The resignation of the regency ...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Vista completa - 1831 |
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Página 153 - 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.
Página 168 - 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.
Página 137 - 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.
Página 111 - ... 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...
Página 236 - 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...
Página 236 - 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.
Página 291 - 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.
Página 64 - 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.
Página 190 - 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.
Página 249 - ... 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.