Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of Campbell's 'Lectures on Poetry.'J.H. Francis, 1841 - 199 pagini This work by Elizabeth Sanders seeks to illuminate some of the viewpoints expressed by William H. Prescott in his work History of Ferdinand and Isabella, as well as draw comparisons between Queen Isabella and another great female monarch of the 16th century: Queen Elizabeth I of England. |
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Pagina 23
... instances seemed to border on avarice . She was attentive to every thing which could augment the revenue . She raised the customs , by reforming abu- ses , from fourteen thousand pounds a year , to fifty thousand ; and obliged Sir ...
... instances seemed to border on avarice . She was attentive to every thing which could augment the revenue . She raised the customs , by reforming abu- ses , from fourteen thousand pounds a year , to fifty thousand ; and obliged Sir ...
Pagina 28
... instances to admit of any sincere doubts of her motives . Hume will not allow the economy of Elizabeth to have proceeded from motives of a generous and ten- der regard for her subjects ; because , as he states , she loaded them with ...
... instances to admit of any sincere doubts of her motives . Hume will not allow the economy of Elizabeth to have proceeded from motives of a generous and ten- der regard for her subjects ; because , as he states , she loaded them with ...
Pagina 46
... instances of this kind , no doubt can be had that the regard and confi- dence she ever expressed for her people were most sincere , and the devoted attachment manifested by all ranks of her subjects leaves no room to doubt of the love ...
... instances of this kind , no doubt can be had that the regard and confi- dence she ever expressed for her people were most sincere , and the devoted attachment manifested by all ranks of her subjects leaves no room to doubt of the love ...
Pagina 49
... instances of clemency are recorded , which prove that Elizabeth was not naturally harsh nor unfor- giving . She pardoned the first conspiracy of the duke of Norfolk ; and even attempted to deter him from prosecuting the enterprise , by ...
... instances of clemency are recorded , which prove that Elizabeth was not naturally harsh nor unfor- giving . She pardoned the first conspiracy of the duke of Norfolk ; and even attempted to deter him from prosecuting the enterprise , by ...
Pagina 55
... subjects to receive any wrong , albeit she had many powerful reasons to to suspect and fear them , at the perilous period of the Spanish invasion . These instances , with many minor ones , put beyond PRESCOTT'S HISTORY . 55.
... subjects to receive any wrong , albeit she had many powerful reasons to to suspect and fear them , at the perilous period of the Spanish invasion . These instances , with many minor ones , put beyond PRESCOTT'S HISTORY . 55.
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Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of ... Elizabeth Elkins Sanders Vizualizare completă - 1841 |
Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of ... Elizabeth Elkins Sanders Vizualizare completă - 1841 |
Reviews of a Part of Prescott's 'History of Ferdinand and Isabella,' and of ... Elizabeth Elkins Sanders Vizualizare completă - 1841 |
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Pagina 19 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts: But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Pagina 18 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pagina 53 - The wise ministers and brave warriors who flourished during her reign share the praise of her success ; but instead of lessening the applause due to her, they make great addition to it.
Pagina 145 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, and frozen Lapland, rude and...
Pagina 161 - Perverse mankind ! whose wills, created free, Charge all their woes on absolute decree ; All to the dooming gods their guilt translate, And follies are miscall'd the crimes of fate.
Pagina 84 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Pagina 122 - I come, I come, thou king of men ! The life of Ossian fails. I begin to vanish on Cona. My steps are not seen in Selma. Beside the stone of Mora I shall fall asleep. The winds whistling in my grey hair, shall not awaken me.
Pagina 15 - Elizabeth, shines like a star, excelling them more by the splendour of her virtues than by the glory of her royal birth. In the variety of her commendable qualities, I am less perplexed to find matter for the highest panegyric, than to circumscribe that panegyric within just bounds ; yet, I shall mention nothing respecting her but what has come under my own observation.
Pagina 122 - There is a murmur in the heath! the stormy winds abate! I hear the voice of Fingal. Long has it been absent from mine ear! "Come, Ossian, come away,
Pagina 36 - During some time, he had been secretly making preparations ; but as soon as the resolution was fully taken, every part of his vast empire resounded with the noise of armaments ; and all his ministers, generals, and admirals were employed in forwarding the design.