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... Queen Mary : by the former of whom , he was held in much esteem for the mirth and quickness of his con- ceits ; and so much valued by the latter , that he was often , after she came to the throne , admitted to the honour of waiting upon ...
... Queen Mary : by the former of whom , he was held in much esteem for the mirth and quickness of his con- ceits ; and so much valued by the latter , that he was often , after she came to the throne , admitted to the honour of waiting upon ...
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... queen , he left the nation , says Wood , for religion sake , and settled at Mechlen , in Bra- bant , where he died about the year 1565 , leaving several children ; one of whom , Jasper Heywood , translated three of Seneca's plays , and ...
... queen , he left the nation , says Wood , for religion sake , and settled at Mechlen , in Bra- bant , where he died about the year 1565 , leaving several children ; one of whom , Jasper Heywood , translated three of Seneca's plays , and ...
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... Queen Anne , when an act of the Irish Parliament declared , that all meetings and assemblies there should be adjudged riots and unlawful assemblies , and inflicted a penalty upon every person meeting or assembling contrary to the ...
... Queen Anne , when an act of the Irish Parliament declared , that all meetings and assemblies there should be adjudged riots and unlawful assemblies , and inflicted a penalty upon every person meeting or assembling contrary to the ...
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... Queen Elizabeth , by her mother Anne Boleyn . He was born in 1536 , and educated at Hart - Hall , in the University of Oxford , from whence he went to Cambridge , and afterwards to the Temple . In his younger days he travelled into ...
... Queen Elizabeth , by her mother Anne Boleyn . He was born in 1536 , and educated at Hart - Hall , in the University of Oxford , from whence he went to Cambridge , and afterwards to the Temple . In his younger days he travelled into ...
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... Queen , ' in the richness of allegoric description , " than any previous or succeeding poem . " " " 2. The Complaynt of Henrye Duke of Buckingham , in the Mirror for Magistrates . 3. A Latin Letter to Dr Bartholomew Clerke , prefixed to ...
... Queen , ' in the richness of allegoric description , " than any previous or succeeding poem . " " " 2. The Complaynt of Henrye Duke of Buckingham , in the Mirror for Magistrates . 3. A Latin Letter to Dr Bartholomew Clerke , prefixed to ...
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Page 263 - I filled the jails with bankrupts in a year, And with young orphans planted hospitals, And every moon made some or other mad, And now and then one hang himself for grief, Pinning upon his breast a long great scroll How I with interest tormented him.
Page 191 - Something still buzzeth in mine ears, And tells me if I sleep I never wake; This fear is that which makes me tremble thus. And therefore tell me, wherefore art thou come ? Light.
Page 544 - False colours last after the true be dead. Of all the roses grafted on her cheeks, Of all the graces dancing in her eyes, Of all the music set upon her tongue, Of all that was past woman's excellence, In her white bosom ; look, a painted board Circumscribes all...
Page 167 - This which I urge is of a burning zeal To mend the king and do our country good. Know you not Gaveston hath store of gold, Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends As he will front the mightiest of us all?
Page 186 - I might ! but heavens and earth conspire To make me miserable. Here, receive my crown. Receive it ? no, these innocent hands of mine Shall not be guilty of so foul a crime...
Page 178 - Treacherous Warwick ! traitorous Mortimer ! If I be England's king, in lakes of gore Your headless trunks, your bodies will I trail, That you may drink your fill, and quaff in blood, And stain my royal standard with the same...
Page 178 - By earth, the common mother of us all, By heaven, and all the moving orbs thereof, By this right hand, and by my father's sword, And all the honours 'longing to my crown, I will have heads, and lives for him, as many As I have manors, castles, towns, and towers!
Page 263 - As for myself, I walk abroad a-nights, And kill sick people groaning under walls : Sometimes I go about, and poison wells; And now and then, to cherish Christian thieves, I am content to lose some of my crowns, That I may, walking in my gallery, See 'm go pinioned along by my door.
Page 167 - He's gone, and for his absence thus I mourn. Did never sorrow go so near my heart As doth the want of my sweet Gaveston ; And could my crown's revenue bring him back, I would freely give it to his enemies, And think I gain'd, having bought so dear a friend.
Page 190 - To murder you, my most gracious lord ! Far is it from my heart to do you harm. The queen sent me to see how you were...