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... action to take away her life ; they openly exhorted the maids of honour to treat her as Judith did Holofernes , and , by such an il- lustrious deed , to render their own names honour- able and sacred in the church throughout all fu ...
... action to take away her life ; they openly exhorted the maids of honour to treat her as Judith did Holofernes , and , by such an il- lustrious deed , to render their own names honour- able and sacred in the church throughout all fu ...
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... always imagined that there was something mysterious and deceitful in all Mary's actions , f State Trials , i . 122. 8 Camd . 499 . h Id . ib . VII . J584 . She is treated with greater rigour See App . No. XLIV . OF SCOTLAND . 9.
... always imagined that there was something mysterious and deceitful in all Mary's actions , f State Trials , i . 122. 8 Camd . 499 . h Id . ib . VII . J584 . She is treated with greater rigour See App . No. XLIV . OF SCOTLAND . 9.
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... lawful , but a meritorious action . The Pope's nuncio at Venice , the Jesuits both there and at Paris , the English exiles , all ap- BOOK proved of the design . VII . 1585 . T Spotsw . 338. Cald . iii . 794 . OF SCOTLAND . 15.
... lawful , but a meritorious action . The Pope's nuncio at Venice , the Jesuits both there and at Paris , the English exiles , all ap- BOOK proved of the design . VII . 1585 . T Spotsw . 338. Cald . iii . 794 . OF SCOTLAND . 15.
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... actions , but for those of others ; in consequence of which she might forfeit her right of succession , and even her life itself . MARY justly considered this act as a warning to prepare for the worst extremities . Elizabeth's ministers ...
... actions , but for those of others ; in consequence of which she might forfeit her right of succession , and even her life itself . MARY justly considered this act as a warning to prepare for the worst extremities . Elizabeth's ministers ...
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... action which is viewed with hor- ror , even when committed by the meanest and most profligate of mankind . This attempt , on the contrary , appeared to them no less honour- able than it was desperate ; and , in order to perpetuate the ...
... action which is viewed with hor- ror , even when committed by the meanest and most profligate of mankind . This attempt , on the contrary , appeared to them no less honour- able than it was desperate ; and , in order to perpetuate the ...
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Page 192 - I do believe the principal part of her disease to consist of a deep grief and sorrow. Nor does it seem possible to make her forget the same. Still she repeats these words,
Page 68 - Her eyes were a dark gray, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic. She danced, she walked, and rode with equal grace. Her taste for music was just, and she both sung and played upon the lute with uncommon skill.
Page 175 - Thus, during the whole seventeenth Century, the English were gradually refining their language and their taste : in Scotland the former was much debased, and the latter almost entirely lost.
Page 62 - Her attendants, during this conversation, were bathed in tears, and though overawed by the presence of the two earls, with difficulty suppressed their anguish ; but no sooner did Kent and Shrewsbury withdraw, than they ran to their mistress, and burst out into the most passionate expressions of tenderness and sorrow.
Page 61 - is not worthy the joys of heaven, which repines because the body must endure the stroke of the executioner ; and though I did not expect that the queen of England would set the first example of violating the sacred person of a sovereign prince, I willingly submit to that which Providence has decreed to be my lot...
Page 295 - I can perceive, their rigour proceedeth by their order from these men, because that the queen will not by any means be induced to lend her authority to prosecute the murder, nor will not consent by any persuasion to abandon the Lord Bothwell for her husband, but avoweth constantly that she will live and die with him...
Page 164 - The nobles exhausting their fortunes by the expense of frequent attendance upon the English court, and by attempts to imitate the manners and luxury of their more wealthy neighbours, multiplied exactions upon the people, who durst hardly utter complaints which they knew would never reach the ear of their sovereign, nor move him to grant them any redress.
Page 43 - Nor is my spirit so broken by its past misfortunes, or so intimidated by present dangers, as to stoop to any thing unbecoming the majesty of a crowned head, or that will disgrace the ancestors from whom I am descended, and the son to whom I shall' leave my throne. If I must be tried, princes alone can be my peers. The queen of England's subjects, however noble their birth may be, are of a rank inferior to mine.
Page 63 - An Agnus Dei hung by a. pomander chain at her neck ; her beads at her girdle ; and in her hand she carried a crucifix of ivory. At the bottom of the stairs, the two earls, attended by several gentlemen from the neighbouring counties, received her ; and there Sir Andrew...
Page 48 - ... as equally repugnant to both. And, if ever I have given consent by my words, or even by my thoughts, to any attempt against the life of the queen of England, far from declining the judgment of men, I shall not even pray for the mercy of God...