Historical tales of illustrious British children1847 |
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Pagina 36
... Edward the Atheling , or prince royal , the eldest son of the deceased monarch , by his first wife . The other faction called the Anti - Dunstanites , were the partisans of the queen dowager , the beautiful but wicked Elfrida , who was ...
... Edward the Atheling , or prince royal , the eldest son of the deceased monarch , by his first wife . The other faction called the Anti - Dunstanites , were the partisans of the queen dowager , the beautiful but wicked Elfrida , who was ...
Pagina 37
... Edward was , in conformity with the will of his deceased father , placed on the throne of the Anglo Saxons . At the tender age of seven years the baleful passions of ambition had no place in the then guileless heart of the younger ...
... Edward was , in conformity with the will of his deceased father , placed on the throne of the Anglo Saxons . At the tender age of seven years the baleful passions of ambition had no place in the then guileless heart of the younger ...
Pagina 39
... Edward . The Archbishop Dunstan was , however , fully aware of her cruel and perfidious disposition , and he strictly guarded his royal pupil from all her machinations and conspiracies against his person , and warned him perpetually ...
... Edward . The Archbishop Dunstan was , however , fully aware of her cruel and perfidious disposition , and he strictly guarded his royal pupil from all her machinations and conspiracies against his person , and warned him perpetually ...
Pagina 40
... Edward's childhood had been spent there , and when he compared the gloomy routine and fatiguing employments of his present mode of life with the sweet remembrances of that pleasant time , he felt disposed to regard the demesne of the ...
... Edward's childhood had been spent there , and when he compared the gloomy routine and fatiguing employments of his present mode of life with the sweet remembrances of that pleasant time , he felt disposed to regard the demesne of the ...
Pagina 41
... Edward , rejecting as he spoke the proffered cup , " it is not a nauseous compound of drugs that will restore me to health . It is the divertisements , the relaxations , and the companionships of my age that I require . " " Know you not ...
... Edward , rejecting as he spoke the proffered cup , " it is not a nauseous compound of drugs that will restore me to health . It is the divertisements , the relaxations , and the companionships of my age that I require . " " Know you not ...
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appeared Archbishop arms attended beautiful bishop Bishop of Ely Brackenbury called cardinal Castle child church Corfe Castle court cried crown Danes daughter dear death Dorothy Duke of Gloucester Duke of York Dunstan Eadred Earl of Rivers Elfrida England Ethelred exclaimed eyes faithful father fear forest Grace Guthred hand Hastings hath heart Henry holda honour Humphrey husband Jarrolds Joan King Edward king's lady Jane Lady Jane Grey Lady Lucy learning London Lord Grey mare Mary master mind mistress monarch monks mother murder never noble Northumberland person Pontefract Castle Prince Richard prisoner queen Redwald reign replied the king Reydon Ricsig Robert Brackenbury sanctuary Saxon Selwood Sir Thomas sisters sorrowful Stony Stratford Suffolk sweet tears thee thing Thomas Wolsey thou thought thrall throne Tower uncle Gloucester uncle Rivers weeping wife Winifred Witenagemot young king young prince young Wolsey youthful
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Pagina 254 - I am so sharply taunted, so cruelly threatened, yea presently sometimes with pinches, nips, and bobs, and other ways (which I will not name for the honour I bear them) so without measure mis-ordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Pagina 254 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. 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 254 - I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr. Elmer; who teacheth me so gently, so pleasantly, with such fair allurements to learning, that I think all the time nothing whiles I am with him.
Pagina 203 - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Pagina 203 - He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that lov'd him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing, Madam, He was most princely. Ever witness for him Those twins of learning that he raised in you, Ipswich and Oxford ! one of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that did it ; The other, though unfinish'd, yet so famous, So...
Pagina 202 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water. May it please your highness To hear me speak his good now ? Kath.
Pagina 203 - And though he were unsatisfied in getting, — Which was a sin,- — yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. Ever witness for him Those twins of learning, that he...
Pagina 232 - Our Lord bless you, good daughter, and your good husband, and your little boy, and all yours, and all my children, and all my godchildren and all our friends. Recommend me when ye may to my good daughter Cicely, whom I beseech our Lord to comfort.
Pagina 201 - O, father abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Pagina 286 - ... heart; that if his soul were not firm and settled, she could not settle it by her eyes, nor confirm it by her words; that he...