Lady Jane Grey, and Her TimesSherwood, Neely and Jones, 1822 - 391 pagini A biography complemented by a series of documents and anecdotes which throw light on life in 16th century England. |
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Pagina 55 - Sir, I desire you, do me right and justice, And to bestow your pity on me; for I am a most poor woman, and a stranger, Born out of your dominions; having here No judge indifferent, nor no more assurance Of equal friendship and proceeding.
Pagina 167 - And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it, all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Pagina 236 - Henry the Eighth, by the grace of God King of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, in earth the Supreme Head ; and that the said style, &c.
Pagina 166 - ... else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world, or else I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea, presently sometimes, with pinches, nips, and...
Pagina 166 - I wist all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Pagina 4 - the innocency of childhood, the beauty of youth, the solidity of middle, the gravity of old age, and all at eighteen ; the birth of a princess, the learning of a clerk, the life of a saint, yet the death of a malefactor, for her parent's offences.
Pagina 166 - For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go ; eat, drink, be merry or sad ; be sewing, playing, dancing, or doing any thing else ; I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Pagina 226 - I am not so young, nor so little read in the guiles of fortune, to suffer myself to be taken by them. If she enrich any, it is but to make them the subject of her spoil ; if she raise others, it is but to pleasure herself with their ruins; what she...
Pagina 225 - That the laws of the kingdom, and natural right standing for the king's sister, she would beware of burthening her weak conscience with a yoke which did belong to them ; that she understood the infamy of those who had permitted the violation of right to gain a sceptre ; that it were to mock God and deride justice ; to scruple at the stealing of a shilling, and not at the usurpation of a crown.'
Pagina 386 - frighted with the infelicity of her two elder sisters, Jane and Katherine, she forgot her honour to remember her safety, and married one whom she could love, and none need fear — Martin Keys [a yeoman], of Kent, who was Serjeant porter to Queen Elizabeth.