Fotheringhay and Mary, queen of Scots, by Cuthbert Bede |
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Fotheringhay and Mary, Queen of Scots, by Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Fotheringhay and Mary, Queen of Scots, by Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Fotheringhay and Mary, Queen of Scots, by Cuthbert Bede Edward Bradley Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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aisles Andrew Melville appear banquet-hall beautiful Bishop black velvet blood body Burghley captivity chair chamber choir Conington Conington Castle Conington Church crown Cuthbert Bede Davison death Denton Duchess Duke of York Edward Elizabeth Curle execution of Mary executioner eyes father fetter-lock Fotheringhay Castle Froude funeral hall hand head heart historian honour hundred francs illustrations inghay Jane Kennedy King James ladies letter Lord majesty Mary Stuart Mary's mercy Miss Agnes Strickland Miss Strickland mistress monument mound murdered Oundle outer moat painted Peterborough Cathedral Plantagenet poem portrait of Mary pray preserved Princes prison Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary Queen of England Queen of Scotland Queen of Scots replied Richard river Nene Robert Bruce Cotton says scaffold scene servants side Sir Amyas Paulet Sir Andrew Melville Sir Robert Bruce sketch soul stone thee thou thousand francs throne tower trial volume weep Westminster window wrote
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Página 13 - Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Página 169 - I here began to indulge old Scottish sentiments, and to express a warm regret, that, by our Union with England, we were no more; — our independent kingdom was lost. JOHNSON. " Sir, never talk of your independency, who could let your Queen remain twenty years in captivity, and then be put to death, without even a pretence of justice, without your ever attempting to rescue her ; and such a Queen too ! as every man of any gallantry of spirit would have sacrificed his life for.
Página 127 - But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee : and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised.
Página 199 - ... class of life, where the actresses as well as the actors command general and undivided attention. It is in vain to say that the portraits which exist of this remarkable woman are not like each other ; for, amidst their discrepancy, each possesses general features which the eye at once acknowledges as peculiar to the vision which our imagination has raised while we read her history for the first time, and which has been impressed upon it by the numerous prints ana pictures which we have seen.
Página 127 - MOST merciful God, who, according to the multitude of thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that thou rememberest them no more ; Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness.
Página 195 - Every step in Scotland Is historical; the shades of the dead arise on every side; the very rocks breathe. Miss Strickland's talents as a writer, and turn of mind as an individual, in a peculiar manner fit her for painting a historical gallery of the most illustrious or dignified female characters in that land of chivalry and song."— Mtackwwid'e Mayasiite.
Página 80 - Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree, And spreads her sheets o' daisies white Out o'er the grassy lea : Now Phoebus cheers the crystal streams, And glads the azure skies; But nought can glad the weary wight That fast in durance lies. Now lav'rocks wake the merry morn, Aloft on dewy wing ; The merle, in his noontide bow'r, Makes woodland echoes ring; The mavis wild wi...
Página 146 - ... all contemporary authors agree in ascribing to Mary the utmost beauty of countenance, and elegance of shape, of which the human form is capable.
Página 92 - Yet how ? — for I, if there be truth In the world's voice, was passing fair ; And beauty, for confiding youth, Those shocks of passion can prepare That kill the bloom before its time ; And blanch, without the owner's crime, The most resplendent hair.
Página 111 - There is a letter from the Scottish Queen that hath wrought tears; but, I trust, shall do no further herein; but the delay is too dangerous.