Lady Jane Grey; an historical romance, Volume 1Lea & Blanchard, 1840 |
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... gold that tampered with the false witnesses , who swore away the life of Somerset ; they are now in thine own service ; beware that they sell not thee : -even the knave Cecil , Judas - like , be- trayed his master ; look to it that he ...
... gold that tampered with the false witnesses , who swore away the life of Somerset ; they are now in thine own service ; beware that they sell not thee : -even the knave Cecil , Judas - like , be- trayed his master ; look to it that he ...
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... gold will corrupt the base , thy power overawe the proud . Thou wilt suc- ceed in wedding the maiden , Jane Grey , to thy son Guildford , although hearts will bleed , and fibres be torn asunder to accomplish thy wishes , and that blood ...
... gold will corrupt the base , thy power overawe the proud . Thou wilt suc- ceed in wedding the maiden , Jane Grey , to thy son Guildford , although hearts will bleed , and fibres be torn asunder to accomplish thy wishes , and that blood ...
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... gold for thy advice , " added he , throwing down a handful of broad pieces on the table : " with these thou mayest either feed thyself , or the famished priests with whom thou art in league . But remember , and let not thy mercenaries ...
... gold for thy advice , " added he , throwing down a handful of broad pieces on the table : " with these thou mayest either feed thyself , or the famished priests with whom thou art in league . But remember , and let not thy mercenaries ...
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... dis- covers not thy intent ; there are numbers of ruffians who feed daily at his board , and spend his gold in the taverns , who have ever their daggers ready at his beck . Thou hadst better leave 34 LADY JANE GREY .
... dis- covers not thy intent ; there are numbers of ruffians who feed daily at his board , and spend his gold in the taverns , who have ever their daggers ready at his beck . Thou hadst better leave 34 LADY JANE GREY .
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... gold buttons of crymery work ; aglets and chains , silks and plumes ; girdles of silver and tassels of gold ; all of which the old chroni- clers have minutely detailed . All this we might do , but as it would add but little to the ...
... gold buttons of crymery work ; aglets and chains , silks and plumes ; girdles of silver and tassels of gold ; all of which the old chroni- clers have minutely detailed . All this we might do , but as it would add but little to the ...
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Page 209 - Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be fear'd, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable; and, humour'd thus, Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and farewell, king!
Page 69 - Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.— Enter Cromwell, amazedly.
Page 242 - JANE, by the grace of God, Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, and of the Church of England, and also of Ireland, under Christ, in Earth the supreme Head.
Page 77 - Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of water in mine ears What sights of ugly death within mine eyes.
Page 184 - Fear no more the frown o' the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe, and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 222 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 165 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Page 189 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 18 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 124 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.