The Private History of the Court of England: In Two Volumes, Volumul 1author, and sold, 1808 |
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... full meridian of my glory I shall fall - Like a bright exhalation in the evening , And no man see me more ! SHAKESPEARE . * Device of the House of York . 166 178 191 CHAP . XVI . British Ladies of former Days -These xxii CONTENTS .
... full meridian of my glory I shall fall - Like a bright exhalation in the evening , And no man see me more ! SHAKESPEARE . * Device of the House of York . 166 178 191 CHAP . XVI . British Ladies of former Days -These xxii CONTENTS .
Pagina 2
... house of York , after it became secure by its union with that of Lancaster , in enjoying that repose from scenes of slaughter which had so long desolated the king- dom ; but to give a sketch of the private life of Edward the IV . and ...
... house of York , after it became secure by its union with that of Lancaster , in enjoying that repose from scenes of slaughter which had so long desolated the king- dom ; but to give a sketch of the private life of Edward the IV . and ...
Pagina 6
... house of York , who looked forward with prophetic pleasure to his future exaltation . But while his fine person , his high accomplishments , and the splen- did situation he filled , gained him every outward homage from his subjects ...
... house of York , who looked forward with prophetic pleasure to his future exaltation . But while his fine person , his high accomplishments , and the splen- did situation he filled , gained him every outward homage from his subjects ...
Pagina 16
... house of York , and left a widow , almost portionless , with one daughter ; whose bud of blossom promised to expand into the fairest flower of spring . So far from priding herself in the superior and increasing charms of her daughter ...
... house of York , and left a widow , almost portionless , with one daughter ; whose bud of blossom promised to expand into the fairest flower of spring . So far from priding herself in the superior and increasing charms of her daughter ...
Pagina 19
... York . A young man of the name of de Rosen- vault had formerly resided near them . A thousand little delicate ... House of Lancaster became successful , the fortunes of de Rosenvault increased . Antoine De Rosenvault was of a no- ble ...
... York . A young man of the name of de Rosen- vault had formerly resided near them . A thousand little delicate ... House of Lancaster became successful , the fortunes of de Rosenvault increased . Antoine De Rosenvault was of a no- ble ...
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abbess affection amongst appeared beauty became beheld beloved British Ladies Change of Ministry CHAP character charms Cobham Countess Countess of Devonshire court crafty Widow crown Dangers daughter dear dignity Disappointed Ambition Duchess of York Duke Duke of Burgundy Earthly Sorrow elegant Elfrida England English Rebellion Excursions to France expence Fauconberg favour favourite female former Days French Policy happy heart honour house of Lancaster house of York husband intriguing Mistress Jane Shore king knew Ladies of former Lady Elizabeth Grey Lancastrians lived Lord Fauconberg Lord Hastings Louis LOVELACE Margaret Margaret of Anjou marriage married ment mind Mistaken Confidence mother of Edward Mystery never nobility noble party pleasure possessed Power superior Princely Recreations Princess of Savoy royal sad Chance shew short Peace superior to Justice tender Attachment throne tion treacherous Enemy Triumph unfortunate valuable Friend vice Victim to Gratitude virtue virtuous Warwick wife wish woman Yorkists young youth
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Pagina 191 - The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to his holiness. Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Pagina 252 - Was fashion'd to much honour. From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Pagina 109 - She advanced towards him, and presenting to him the young prince, called out to him, " Here, my friend, I commit to your care the safety of your king's son.
Pagina xvii - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Pagina 178 - Then will I raise aloft the milk white rose, With whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed ; And in my standard bear the arms of York, To grapple with the house of Lancaster ; And force perforce I'll make him yield the crown, Whose bookish rule hath pull'd fair England down.
Pagina 225 - Ah ! why my curse from those, that ought to bless me ? The queen of Thrace can answer that sad question: She had two sons; but two; And so have I. Misfortune stands with her bow ever bent Over the world ; and he who wounds another, Directs the goddess by that part he wounds, Where to strike deep her arrows in himself.
Pagina 166 - On some fond breast the parting soul relics ; Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries ; E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires.
Pagina 112 - Her sufferings became keen and poignant ; the sorrows of her heart were of the most corroding kind, and threatened a state of health, naturally delicate, and which was hastening rapidly to its decline." Before her death she was "deprived of the use of her sylph-like limbs.
Pagina 143 - Louis by the hand, thanked him for all the civilities he had shewn her, and repeated her wish of seeing him enter London, in triumph. But Lord Hastings, who heard her, with much warmth, reproved her for her want of loyalty to his master. " My good Lord Chamberlain," said the countess,
Pagina 105 - on his lips. The following extract (vol. i. pp. 104-5) will give an idea of the stylo of the book : — "The learned philosophic baronet [ie , Sir William Hamilton], whose deep researches explored the antiquities of Rome and Naples, was captivated by the Grecian form of one who had, from a menial servant, become a lady of pleasure ; who, in an allegorical pageant, personated the goddess Hygeia, and at length became the idolized goddess of this knight of antiquity, who gave her the undisputed title...