Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses ...Blackwood, 1856 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
accusation alleged Ambassador answer assured bearer Bishop of Ross Bolton Castle Bothwell's brother calumnies Carlisle cause confederates Conference conspirators Council Court crown Darnley declared desire Duke of Châtelherault Duke of Norfolk Dundrennan Abbey Earl of Bothwell Earl of Moray Edinburgh English Commissioners escape faithful favour France French friends George Douglas Goodall's Appendix Grace Hamilton hands hath honour husband Ibid inedited innocence John King Knollys to Cecil Labanoff Lady Laird Lesley Lethington letters Lochleven Lord Herries Lord Scroope Lowther loyal Majesty's marriage Mary Stuart Mary's Moray's Morton murder nobles Paper Office Parliament person present Prince Princess prison Privy proceedings promise Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary Queen of England Queen of Scotland Queen of Scots Queen's Majesty realm rebels received Regent Moray reply Robert Melville royal mistress Scotch sent servants Sir Francis Knollys sister Sovereign subjects thereof Throckmorton tion Tutbury Tutbury Castle unto usurping Workington write written
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 107 - I entreat you to send for me as soon as possible, for I am in a pitiable condition, not only for a Queen but even for a gentlewoman, having nothing in the world but the clothes in which I escaped, riding sixty miles the first day, and not daring to travel afterwards except by night, as I hope to be able to show you, if it please you to have compassion on my great misfortunes, and permit me to come and bewail them to you.
עמוד 280 - Would God I were with you but for one hour. My wits are overwrought with thoughts. I find myself amazed. Bear with me, my most dear, sweet Lady. Passion overcometh me. I can write no more. Love me ; for I love you.
עמוד 142 - But if they will needs come," continued she, " desire my good sister the Queen to write that Lethington and Morton, who be two of the wisest and most able of them to say most against me, may come, and then...
עמוד 84 - Scots' pearls, for, as he had told her from the first, they were intended for the gratification of the Queen of England, who had been allowed to purchase them at her own price, and they were now in her hands.
עמוד 353 - For besides that she is a goodly personage, and yet in truth not comparable to our sovereign, she hath withal an alluring grace, a pretty Scottish speech, and a searching wit, clouded with mildness. Fame might move some to relieve her, and glory joined to gain might stir others to adventure much for her sake ; then joy is a lively infective sense and carrieth many persuasions to the heart which ruleth all the rest.
עמוד 136 - She showeth a disposition to speak much, to be bold, to be pleasant, and to be very familiar. She showeth a great desire to be avenged of her enemies. She showeth a readiness to expose herself to all perils in hope of victory. She...
עמוד 136 - ... among themselves. So that, for victory's sake, pain and peril seemeth pleasant unto her; and in respect of victory, wealth and all things seemeth to her contemptuous and vile.
עמוד 260 - Scots' consent to the murder of her husband there lacketh sufficient proofs, he is able, if it shall please you to use him, to discover certain that should have been employed in the said murder who are here to be produced. Thus most humbly taking my leave of your Honour, I beseech God to direct all your doings to his honour.
עמוד 108 - English border for such an event, every one was on the alert. The news of Queen Mary's arrival at Workington spread with inconceivable rapidity, and the Earl of Northumberland, who claimed the preeminence in that district, under colour of showing her a mark of respect, sent a band of gentlemen to wait on her as a guard of honour, with strict orders to prevent her from leaving the country till Queen Elizabeth's pleasure concerning her should be ascertained. He communicated her arrival at the same...
עמוד 96 - I most confided in, and had raised to the highest pitch of honour, have taken up arms against me, and treated me with the utmost indignity. By unexpected means, the Almighty Disposer of all things delivered me from the cruel imprisonment I underwent ; but I have since lost a battle, in which most of those who preserved their loyal integrity fell before my eyes. I am now forced out of my kingdom, and driven to such straits that, next to God, I have no hope but in your goodness.