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The history of Scotland, during the reigns of queen Mary and of king James vi - Page 30
by William Robertson - 1771
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SEVERAL HANDS - 1759 - 636 pages
...the court of England, in his account of his firft audience after the maffacre. ' A gloomy f'-rrow, fays he, fat on every face; filence, as in the dead...apartment ; the ladies and courtiers were ranged on each ide, all clad in deep mourning, and as I parted through them, not one beftowed on me a civil lock,...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 20

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1759 - 636 pages
...account of his firft audience after the malucre. * A gloomy forrow, fays he, fat on every face; filencc, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers...and courtiers were ranged on each fide, all clad in deop mourning, and as I pafled through them, not one beftowed on me a civil look, or nuJe theleaft...
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The History of England, Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1775 - 446 pages
...awful and affe&ing than the folemnity of his audience. A melancholy forrow fat on every face : Silence, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment : The courtiers and ladies, clad in deep mourning, were ranged on each fide, and allowed him to pafs, without...
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The History of Scotland: During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1787 - 620 pages
...offered to God for its fuccefs. But among the Proteftants, it excited incredible horror ; a finking picture of which is drawn by the French Ambaflador...deep mourning, and as I pafled through them, not one beflowed on me a civil look, or made the leaft return to my falutes p." BUT horror was not the only...
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The History of Scotland: During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James ...

William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...French ambaiTador at the court of England, in his account of his firft audience after the maffacre. " A gloomy forrow," fays he, " fat on every face; filence,...the royal -apartment; the ladies and courtiers were ran^d on .each fide, all clad in ciecp mourning, and as as I pafied through them, -not one beftowed...
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The History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1794 - 620 pages
...after the maffacre. " A gloomy forrow," fays he, " fat on every face; iilence, as in the dead of nighty reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment; the ladies and courtiers were ranged qn each fide, all clad in deep mourning, and its I pafled through them, not one bedewed on B OVJ°...
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A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time ..., Volume 1

John Adams - World history - 1795 - 480 pages
...England, in his account of his iirft audience after that barbarous tranfaction. " A gloomy forrow," Jays he, " fat on every face : filence, as in the dead...of the royal apartment : " the ladies and courtiers clad in deep mourning, were ran£*' ed on each fide ; and as I paffed by them, in my approach " to...
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and ..., Volume 2

William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 512 pages
...audience after that barbarous transaction. " A gloomy sorrow," says he, " sat on every face ; silence, as in the dead of night, reigned *' through all the chambers of the royal apartment ; the 41 ladies and courtiers clad in deep mourning, were ranged *' on each side ; and as I passed by them,...
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The History of Scotland, During the Reigns of Queen Mary and of ..., Volume 2

William Robertson - Scotland - 1811 - 538 pages
...his first audience after the massacre. " A gloomy sorrow," says he, " sat on every face ; silence, as in the dead of " night, reigned through all the...apartment ; the ladies and courtiers were ranged on each " side, all clad in deep mourning, and as I passed through * Jcbb. ii. 5 12. t August 24. ** them,...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...and affecting than the solemnity of his audience. A melancholy sorrow sat on every face : Silence, as in the dead of night, reigned through all the chambers of the royal apartment ; the courtiers and ladies, clad in deep mourning, were ranged on each side, and allowed him to pass, without...
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