Memoirs of Robert Carey, written by himself. And, Fragmenta regalia, by sir R. Naunton. With annotations |
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... bravery and military conduct . Lord Essex , naturally rash and precipitate , often used this power inconsiderately . He re- warded services that were to be done ; the * See Camden's Queen Elizabeth , book iv . p . 449 . Queen rewarded ...
... bravery and military conduct . Lord Essex , naturally rash and precipitate , often used this power inconsiderately . He re- warded services that were to be done ; the * See Camden's Queen Elizabeth , book iv . p . 449 . Queen rewarded ...
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... brave and unfortu- nate Earl ; he was his true friend , and faithful servant . The total silence which may be observed in his Memoirs of his no- ble patron's catastrophe , proceeds , it may be presumed , from duty towards the Queen ...
... brave and unfortu- nate Earl ; he was his true friend , and faithful servant . The total silence which may be observed in his Memoirs of his no- ble patron's catastrophe , proceeds , it may be presumed , from duty towards the Queen ...
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... brave without ostentation . From his short sketches of characters , ( I wish they had been more expanded and numerous , ) we see every now and then into the closets of the two princes , Elizabeth and James , un- der whom he passed the ...
... brave without ostentation . From his short sketches of characters , ( I wish they had been more expanded and numerous , ) we see every now and then into the closets of the two princes , Elizabeth and James , un- der whom he passed the ...
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... post . But when moderation of temper is joined , as in him , with bravery of spirit , the great- est difficulties are certainly , if not easily , to be overcome . The felicities that might have arisen from the accession of xxxvi PREFACE .
... post . But when moderation of temper is joined , as in him , with bravery of spirit , the great- est difficulties are certainly , if not easily , to be overcome . The felicities that might have arisen from the accession of xxxvi PREFACE .
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... brave soldier , the avowed competitor and rival of the Earl of Leicester . E. The train whom Elizabeth despatched to do honour to her suitor in the eyes of the Netherlands , amounted to a hundred gentlemen of the best blood in England ...
... brave soldier , the avowed competitor and rival of the Earl of Leicester . E. The train whom Elizabeth despatched to do honour to her suitor in the eyes of the Netherlands , amounted to a hundred gentlemen of the best blood in England ...
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Էջ 128 - Ireland. He gave me his hand to kiss, and bade me welcome. After he had long discoursed of the manner of the Queen's sickness and of her death, he asked what letters I had from the Council. I told him, none : and acquainted him how narrowly I escaped from them. And yet I had brought him a blue ring from a fair lady, that I hoped would give him assurance of the truth that I had reported.
Էջ 116 - She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard ; and said; ' No, Robin, I am not well ;' and then discoursed with me of her indisposition ; and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days ; and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs.
Էջ 116 - I found her in one of her withdrawing chambers, sitting low upon her cushions. She called me to her; I kissed her hand, and told her it was my chiefest happiness to see her in safety, and in health, which I wished might long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said,
Էջ 120 - That afternoon, by signs she called for her council, and by putting her hand to her head, when the King of Scots was named to succeed her, they all knew he was the man she desired should reign after her.
Էջ 122 - 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.
Էջ 253 - ... such trespasses, she was quick, and tender, and would not spare any whatsoever, as we may observe in the case of the Duke, and my Lord of...
Էջ 283 - ... and gave him her hand to kiss, encouraging him with gracious words, and new looks, and so diverting her speech to the lords, and ladies, she said...
Էջ 248 - Sir John Perrot was wont to say, by the galliard, for he came thither as a private gentleman of the Inns of Court, in a masque: and, for his activity and person, which was tall and proportionable, taken into her favour.
Էջ 63 - ... very well, and at last gave me thanks for the pains I had taken. So having her princely word that she had pardoned and forgotten all faults, I kissed her hand, and came forth to the presence [chamber], and was in the court as I was before.
Էջ 128 - I knocked at the gate. I was quickly let in, and carried up to the King's chamber. I kneeled by him, and saluted him by his title of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. He gave me his hand to kiss, and bade me welcome. After he had long discoursed of the manner of the Queen's sickness and of her death, he asked what letters I had from the Council ? I told him, none : and acquainted him how narrowly I escaped from them.