Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest, Volumen 5

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Página 571 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 226 - This is my answer. I command you to send all the French away to-morrow out of the town — if you can by fair means, but stick not long in disputing — otherwise force them away, driving them away like so many wild beasts, until you have shipped them, and so the devil go with them. Let me hear of no answer but of the performance of my command. " So I rest your faithful, constant, loving friend,1 " CR" " Oaking, on the 7th of August, 1626.
Página 570 - ... it, it being a crucifix ; but, when his Majesty was gone, a French peddling woman, one Madame de Boord, who used to bring petticoats and fans, and baubles, out of France to the ladies, began to find fault with several things in the work, which she understood no more than an...
Página 173 - If I have any power or credit with you, I pray you let me have a trial of it at this time, in dealing sincerely and earnestly with the king, that Sir Walter Raleigh's life may not be called in question.
Página 51 - He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba'; And the bonny Earl of Murray Was the flower amang -them a' ! He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the gluve ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, O he was the Queen's luve 1 O lang will his Lady Look owre the Castle Downe, Ere she see the Earl of Murray Come sounding through the town t 387.
Página 509 - I cannot easily tell you how happy I think myself, and I must be the worst man living (which I hope I am not) if I be not a good husband. I am confident never two humours were better fitted together than ours are.
Página 509 - flamed that night higher than ever. The king reproached the queen with stubbornness and want of duty, and she him with tyranny and want of affection. He used threats, which he never intended to put in execution ; and she talked loudly, ' how ill she was treated, and that she ' would go back again to Portugal...
Página 285 - Among other affected habits, few of the Puritans, what degree soever they were of, wore their hair long enough to cover their ears, and the ministers and many others cut it close round their heads, with so many little peaks, as was something ridiculous to behold ; whereupon Cleaveland, in his Hue and Cry after them, begins, " With hair in Characters and lugs in Text," &c. From this custom of wearing their hair, that name of Roundhead became the scornful term given to the whole parliament party...
Página 647 - My Lord God, with my whole Heart and Soul I detest all the Sins of my Life past, for the Love of Thee, whom I love above all things ; and I firmly purpose, by thy Holy Grace, never to offend thee more. Amen, sweet Jesus, Amen. Into thy hands, sweet Jesus, I commend my Soul. Mercy, sweet Jesus, Mercy.
Página 509 - Mantegna, formerly the Duke of Mantua's ; of the tapestries, I believe the world can show nothing nobler of the kind than the stories of Abraham and Tobit.

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