Blighted Ambition, Or, The Rise and Fall of the Earl of Somerset: A Romance in Three Volumes ...G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822 - 407 страници |
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... Ambassador of Henry the Seventh consulted a pro- phetic monk of Italy , to know how long the crown , acquired by his master in the battle of Bosworth Field , should continue in the family . The seer replied by re- peating these ...
... Ambassador of Henry the Seventh consulted a pro- phetic monk of Italy , to know how long the crown , acquired by his master in the battle of Bosworth Field , should continue in the family . The seer replied by re- peating these ...
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... Ambassador , he solicited the necromancer to furnish him with an elucidation more explicit than the signi- fication which those words bore in the English tongue . The monk , without hesitation , offered to make his enigma- tical jargon ...
... Ambassador , he solicited the necromancer to furnish him with an elucidation more explicit than the signi- fication which those words bore in the English tongue . The monk , without hesitation , offered to make his enigma- tical jargon ...
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... Ambassador had scarcely time to contemplate this aerial picture , when the whole scene was changed ; the room was illuminated , and every object wore its natural brilliancy and tone of colouring . The Monk now again waved the white wand ...
... Ambassador had scarcely time to contemplate this aerial picture , when the whole scene was changed ; the room was illuminated , and every object wore its natural brilliancy and tone of colouring . The Monk now again waved the white wand ...
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... Ambassador and his friends , there instantly appeared a crown , laid upon a fair table . The gallant with much jollity approached this crown , put it upon his head , and walked up and down the chamber with much strutting and bravery ...
... Ambassador and his friends , there instantly appeared a crown , laid upon a fair table . The gallant with much jollity approached this crown , put it upon his head , and walked up and down the chamber with much strutting and bravery ...
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... Ambassador and his friends were formed on the dis- tant curtain , having all the similitude one thing could have of another . " The illusions of darkness , " said the Monk , " are but verifications of my power to elucidate the sealed ...
... Ambassador and his friends were formed on the dis- tant curtain , having all the similitude one thing could have of another . " The illusions of darkness , " said the Monk , " are but verifications of my power to elucidate the sealed ...
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accused Ambassador Antonia Arabella Aremberg asked Attorney Attorney-General Beaumont Coke confess Countess court courtiers crown daughter death discourse Doncaster Earl of Essex Elizabeth England English exclaimed fair father Francis favour favourite Friar Gabriella gave gentle George Brooke Gowrie Griffin Markham gunpowder plot hand hath head heard heart Heaven Highness honour James Hay jury Kemish King James King of Denmark King's knight Lady Frances land Lawrency leigh looked Lord Cecil Lord Chief Justice Lord Cob Lord Cobham Lord Grey Lord Henry Howard Majesty Majesty's Marquis masque master ment monk never noble nobleman Northampton Overbury person Philip Herbert plot Popham present Prince Henry prisoner proceeded Queen Anne reign replied Robert Carr Rochester royal shew sion Sir Robert Sir Walter Raleigh speak speech Suffolk thee Theobalds things Thomas thou tion traitor treason Viscount words young Essex
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Страница 240 - There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body. O, these encounterers, so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes. And wide unclasp the tables of their thoughts To every ticklish reader ! set them down For sluttish spoils of opportunity, And daughters of the game. [Trumpet within. All. The Trojans
Страница iii - And let me speak, to the yet unknowing world, How these things came about : so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts ; Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters ; Of deaths put on by cunning and forc'd cause : And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads : all this can I Truly deliver.
Страница 6 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Страница 130 - Prove one of these things wherewith you have charged me, and I will confess the whole indictment, and that I am the horriblest traitor that ever lived, and worthy to be crucified with a thousand thousand torments. " Attorney. Nay, I will prove all : thou art a monster ; thou hast an English face, but a Spanish heart.
Страница 79 - The flying rumours gather'd as they roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told ; And all who told it added something new, ; And all who heard it made enlargements too , In every ear it spread, on every tongue it grew.
Страница 85 - For after revenges, fear them not; for your own father that was esteemed to be the contriver of Norfolk's ruin, yet his son followeth your father's son and loveth him. Humours of men succeed not, but grow by occasions and accidents of time and power. Somerset made no revenge on the Duke of Northumberland's heirs. Northumberland that now is thinks not of Hatton's issue. Kelleway lives that murdered the brother of Horsey, and Horsey let him go by all his lifetime.
Страница 167 - Thou art an odious fellow, thy name is hateful to all the realm of England for thy pride.
Страница 142 - Good my Lords, let it be proved, either by the laws of the land or the laws of God, that there ought not to be two witnesses appointed. Yet 1 will not stand to defend this point in law, if the king will have it so. It is no rare thing for a man to be falsely accused.
Страница 150 - Sir Walter Ralegh presseth, that my lord Cobham should be brought face to face. If he asks things of favour and grace, they must come only from him that can give them. If we sit here as commissioners, how shall we be satisfied, whether he ought to be brought, unless we hear the judges speak ? Lord chief justice.
Страница 134 - I do not hear yet, that you have spoken one word against me ; here is no treason of mine done. If my lord Cobham be a traitor, what is that to me ? Attorney.