Blighted Ambition, Or, The Rise and Fall of the Earl of Somerset: A Romance in Three Volumes ...G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822 - 407 pages |
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... King's commission , will be your utter disgrace . " " To undertake it , " replied Sir Tho- mas , " will be the loss of my preferment by means of my best friend at home , the Earl of Somerset . " " And to decline it , will be construed ...
... King's commission , will be your utter disgrace . " " To undertake it , " replied Sir Tho- mas , " will be the loss of my preferment by means of my best friend at home , the Earl of Somerset . " " And to decline it , will be construed ...
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... King , who , whatever may be his present intentions , will be no trusty ally of the protestant cause in Ger- many . " " I had , in reference to the maligners of your Lordship's worth , " said Over- bury , " applied to myself these words ...
... King , who , whatever may be his present intentions , will be no trusty ally of the protestant cause in Ger- many . " " I had , in reference to the maligners of your Lordship's worth , " said Over- bury , " applied to myself these words ...
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... King's employment , " interrupted Overbury ; " for in either of these I must expect the displeasure of both , and be in danger to receive condign punish- ment , if your Lordship's great influence help me not over this bridge of de ...
... King's employment , " interrupted Overbury ; " for in either of these I must expect the displeasure of both , and be in danger to receive condign punish- ment , if your Lordship's great influence help me not over this bridge of de ...
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... King and trounce mine enemy . " . " Thou art as marvellous as a fowler with his harquebuss and stalking horse , " said Northampton : " explain to me this mystery . " 66 Briefly then ' tis this , " answered Somerset . " Overbury declines ...
... King and trounce mine enemy . " . " Thou art as marvellous as a fowler with his harquebuss and stalking horse , " said Northampton : " explain to me this mystery . " 66 Briefly then ' tis this , " answered Somerset . " Overbury declines ...
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... King's royal pleasure . " " By the rood , my Lord Somerset , thou hast rid thyself of the fellow ex cellent well , " exclaimed Northampton- " But there are others will oppose thee , and leave no stone unturned till Over- bury be ...
... King's royal pleasure . " " By the rood , my Lord Somerset , thou hast rid thyself of the fellow ex cellent well , " exclaimed Northampton- " But there are others will oppose thee , and leave no stone unturned till Over- bury be ...
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Page 369 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
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Page 392 - shall I? Shall I?" then lolled about his neck, then "For God's sake give thy Lady this kiss for me" in the same manner at the stair's head, at the middle of the stairs, and at the stair's foot.
Page 333 - To the next letter the earl, for obvious reasons, omitted to sign his name. "WORTHY MR. LIEUTENANT: — Let me entreat you to call Sidcote, and three or four of his friends, if so many come, to view the body, if they have not already done it, and so soon as it is viewed, without staying the coming of a messenger from the court, in any case see it interred in the body of the chapel within the Tower, instantly.
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Page 68 - They were quite mistaken in his temper," observes Pope, " who thought to get rid of him by advising him to make his escape from the Tower. He would have sat out the storm let the danger be what it would. He was a steady man, and had a great firmness of soul ; and would have died unconcernedly, or perhaps, like Sir Thomas More, with a jest in his mouth...
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