The Quarterly Review, Volume 141John Murray, 1876 |
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... thought strange that a young lady should be found sitting under an oak , in the damp and dark days of November , especially a princess , on whose life so much depended . depended . But , with the leave of our modern 4 Hatfield House .
... thought strange that a young lady should be found sitting under an oak , in the damp and dark days of November , especially a princess , on whose life so much depended . depended . But , with the leave of our modern 4 Hatfield House .
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... Lady Frances Brandon was born , on the 17th of July , 1517 , the eldest child of the romantic marriage of Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , and Mary , the French Queen , between two and three in the morning . It must have appeared a ...
... Lady Frances Brandon was born , on the 17th of July , 1517 , the eldest child of the romantic marriage of Charles Brandon , Duke of Suffolk , and Mary , the French Queen , between two and three in the morning . It must have appeared a ...
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... Lady Chelton [ Shelton ] . Mrs. Dorothy Verney [ Mistress or Miss , that is , and not Mrs. ] carried the young lady , assisted by the Lord Powis and Sir Roger Pilston , accompanied by sixty ladies and gentlemen , and the prelates Sir ...
... Lady Chelton [ Shelton ] . Mrs. Dorothy Verney [ Mistress or Miss , that is , and not Mrs. ] carried the young lady , assisted by the Lord Powis and Sir Roger Pilston , accompanied by sixty ladies and gentlemen , and the prelates Sir ...
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... Lady Winchester , Lady Russell , Lady Rich , Lady Essex , the Countesses of Northumberland and South- ampton , Lady Lovell , Lady Tresham , and others , may fairly stand comparison with those of any age . On the death of Bishop West ...
... Lady Winchester , Lady Russell , Lady Rich , Lady Essex , the Countesses of Northumberland and South- ampton , Lady Lovell , Lady Tresham , and others , may fairly stand comparison with those of any age . On the death of Bishop West ...
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... lady's lady and my gentleman's gentleman were left behind ; or if the one attended her mistress and the other his master , the lady's maid generally slept with her mistress , and my lord's gentleman occupied a pallet by the side of his ...
... lady's lady and my gentleman's gentleman were left behind ; or if the one attended her mistress and the other his master , the lady's maid generally slept with her mistress , and my lord's gentleman occupied a pallet by the side of his ...
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Page 505 - Pale as his shirt ; his knees knocking each other ; And with a look so piteous in purport, As if he had been loosed out of hell, To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Page 529 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Page 518 - And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 541 - And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think sufficient.
Page 7 - 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 anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure, and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
Page 529 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 127 - He spake of love, such love as Spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away — no strife to heal — The past unsighed for, and the future sure; 100.
Page 253 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed!
Page 129 - For a multitude of causes unknown to former times are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind; and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident which the rapid communication of intelligence...
Page 49 - I knew her from six years old, and had some share in her education, by directing what books she should read, and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue ; from which she never swerved in any one action or moment of her life.