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... King Henry the Seventh , and sister to King Henry the Eighth . Lady Jane very early in life gave astonishing proofs of the greatness of her mind ; and though there was very little difference in age between her and King Edward the Sixth ...
... King Henry the Seventh , and sister to King Henry the Eighth . Lady Jane very early in life gave astonishing proofs of the greatness of her mind ; and though there was very little difference in age between her and King Edward the Sixth ...
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... king's esteem , who was nearly , as observed before , of the same age with herself , and who took great pleasure in her conversation . But , for the most part of her time , she seems to have continued at her father's seat , at Broadgate ...
... king's esteem , who was nearly , as observed before , of the same age with herself , and who took great pleasure in her conversation . But , for the most part of her time , she seems to have continued at her father's seat , at Broadgate ...
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... king's ( Edward the Sixth ) health , 1553 , began to contrive how to prevent that reverse of fortune they foresaw must happen upon his demise . To accomplish this end , no other method was judged effectual but a change in the succession ...
... king's ( Edward the Sixth ) health , 1553 , began to contrive how to prevent that reverse of fortune they foresaw must happen upon his demise . To accomplish this end , no other method was judged effectual but a change in the succession ...
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... king those who should make it their busi- ness to touch frequently upon this subject , enlarge upon the accomplishments of Lady Jane , and describe her with all imaginable advantages . In the result , the king's affections standing for ...
... king those who should make it their busi- ness to touch frequently upon this subject , enlarge upon the accomplishments of Lady Jane , and describe her with all imaginable advantages . In the result , the king's affections standing for ...
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... King Edward expired , July 6 , 1553 ; but , having timely notice of his decease , she escaped the snare which had been so artfully laid for her . The two dukes , Suffolk and Northumberland , found it necessary to conceal the king's ...
... King Edward expired , July 6 , 1553 ; but , having timely notice of his decease , she escaped the snare which had been so artfully laid for her . The two dukes , Suffolk and Northumberland , found it necessary to conceal the king's ...
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Page 313 - Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right : for that shall bring a man peace at the last.
Page 25 - If ye were of the world, the world would love his own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 4 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Page 315 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet...
Page 4 - I wis, all their sport in the park is but a shadow to that pleasure that I find in Plato. Alas! good folk, they never felt what true pleasure meant.
Page 224 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 252 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 425 - I am the LORD'S"; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 70 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 5 - 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.