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... declamation , and would not have been less conclusive , because less confused and ver- bose . - Whittaker was followed early in the present century by Mr Malcolm Laing , who , > with a far clearer head , if not with xviii PREFACE .
... declamation , and would not have been less conclusive , because less confused and ver- bose . - Whittaker was followed early in the present century by Mr Malcolm Laing , who , > with a far clearer head , if not with xviii PREFACE .
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... present , therefore , only such de- tached portions of her history as bear upon the question of which they treat . To become intimately acquainted with Mary , we must have recourse to other authors ; to form an estimate of her moral ...
... present , therefore , only such de- tached portions of her history as bear upon the question of which they treat . To become intimately acquainted with Mary , we must have recourse to other authors ; to form an estimate of her moral ...
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... present formed a coalition , could not be very well satisfied with it . Henry , with all the hasty violence of his nature , had , in a fit of spleen , espoused the reformed opinions ; and if Mary became the wife of his son , it was ...
... present formed a coalition , could not be very well satisfied with it . Henry , with all the hasty violence of his nature , had , in a fit of spleen , espoused the reformed opinions ; and if Mary became the wife of his son , it was ...
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... present at the marriage of one of his own illegitimate daughters , to whom he gave a dowry of 4000 merks , and whose nuptials were solemnized with great magnificence . Probably he conceived , that the more heretics he burned , the more ...
... present at the marriage of one of his own illegitimate daughters , to whom he gave a dowry of 4000 merks , and whose nuptials were solemnized with great magnificence . Probably he conceived , that the more heretics he burned , the more ...
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... present , since it is hoped the reader will be able to form his own es- timate upon this subject , from the facts he will find recorded in these Memoirs . It must be evident , that with two such men , each at the head of his own party ...
... present , since it is hoped the reader will be able to form his own es- timate upon this subject , from the facts he will find recorded in these Memoirs . It must be evident , that with two such men , each at the head of his own party ...
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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.