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... hands . The result naturally was that English influence grew weaker than ever . Henry VIII . could not rest content with such a state of things . He wished to make his power felt in the country by a firm and vigorous government , and at ...
... hands . The result naturally was that English influence grew weaker than ever . Henry VIII . could not rest content with such a state of things . He wished to make his power felt in the country by a firm and vigorous government , and at ...
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... hands , for their legs would not bear them . They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat the dead carions , happy where they could find them ; yea , and one another soon after ...
... hands , for their legs would not bear them . They looked like anatomies of death , they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves , they did eat the dead carions , happy where they could find them ; yea , and one another soon after ...
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... hands they became the most thriving estate in Ireland . It was on these lands that the first attempt at the cultivation of the potato was made . The colo- nists whom Ralegh sent to Virginia brought it back with them in 1596 ; and Ralegh ...
... hands they became the most thriving estate in Ireland . It was on these lands that the first attempt at the cultivation of the potato was made . The colo- nists whom Ralegh sent to Virginia brought it back with them in 1596 ; and Ralegh ...
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... hands . Elizabeth showed her wisdom very clearly in her choice of ministers , and she put great confidence in Burleigh . She respected his calm , deliberate wisdom . She knew that in the main she and her Secretary were of one mind in ...
... hands . Elizabeth showed her wisdom very clearly in her choice of ministers , and she put great confidence in Burleigh . She respected his calm , deliberate wisdom . She knew that in the main she and her Secretary were of one mind in ...
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... hands , with provisions and shipping to carry them to England in August , by which time he hoped to have finished ... hand of God.
... hands , with provisions and shipping to carry them to England in August , by which time he hoped to have finished ... hand of God.
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Page 238 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Page 84 - Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 49 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too...
Page 152 - Your words cannot condemn me ; my innocency is my defence. Prove one of these things wherewith you have charged me, and I will confess the whole indictment, and that I am the horriblest traitor that ever lived, and worthy to be crucified with a thousand thousand torments. " Attorney. Nay, I will prove all : thou art a monster ; thou hast an English face, but a Spanish heart.
Page 65 - My heart was never broken till this day, that I hear the queen goes away so far off, whom I have followed so many years with so great love and desire in so many journeys, and am now left behind her in a dark prison all alone. While she was yet...
Page 108 - Table;* her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English Ladies have it, till they marry; and she had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels; her Hands were small, her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor low; her Air was stately, her Manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Page 48 - Let tyrants fear ... I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects...
Page 108 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black...
Page 153 - ... have spoken one word against me. Here is no treason of mine done. If my Lord Cobham be a traitor, what is that to me? Att. Gen.: All that he did was by thy instigation, thou viper, for I thou thee, thou traitor! I will prove thee the rankest traitor in all England.
Page 196 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...