Commonwealth than he which may be born of me, considering that the issue of the best princes many times degenerateth. And to me it shall be a full satisfaction, both for the memorial of my name, and for my glory also, if when I shall let my last breath,... To 1586 - Side 192redigert av - 1824Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| John Whitaker - 1789 - 566 sider
...licentious, and difiblute woman was Elizabeth ! Such was the Queen, that wifhed to have it engraven upon her tomb, " Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, " and died a virgin !" Such alfo was the Queen, who fome years afterwards declared, that (he was " determined to end her... | |
| sir Henry Ellis - 1824 - 338 sider
...Quene, and of INOLOND also, OfflKBLAND als God haith providit so." According to Lord Burghley's Notes, however, in that same month, the Constable Montmorency...en• Murdin's State Papers, pp. 748, 749. VOL. II. O treated the Queen that a successor might be named, at least appointed by an Act of Parliament. The... | |
| Charles Chadwicke Jones - 1828 - 540 sider
...marriage to her kingdom ; assuring the deputation who brought the message, that it would be to her full satisfaction, both for the memorial of her name...address was voted by the House of Commons, in which they entreated the Queen that a successor might be named, at least appointed by an Act of Parliament. The... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 sider
...name and for her glory, if, when she died, an inscription were engraved on a marble tomb, saying, ' Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.' " In conclusion, she dismissed the deputation with these words : — " I take your coming to me in good... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1844 - 532 sider
...name and for her glory, if, when she died, an inscription were engraved on a marble tomb, saying,' Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.'" In conclusion, she dismissed the deputation with these words:— " I take your coming to me in good part,... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1848 - 374 sider
...name and for her glory, if, when she died, an inscription were engraved on a marble tomb, saying, ' Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin, and died a virgin.' " In conclusion, she dismissed the deputation with these words : — "I take your coming to me in good part,... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1853 - 770 sider
...memorial of my name and of my glory ulso, if, when I shall set my last breath, it be engraven upon my marble tomb, ' Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin and died a virgin.' If no other authentic syllable in Elizabeth's favour had come down to us except this one speech, with... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1859 - 424 sider
...Commons in the glorious prime of her twenty-sixth year, that she would bear the inscription on her tomb, ' Here lieth Elizabeth, which reigned a virgin and died a virgin' — to the miracle mask of the ' Ten Virgins,' performed lately by the maids of honour ; and if he... | |
| Jerusha D. Richardson ("Mrs. Aubrey Richardson.") - 1908 - 440 sider
...to me it shall be full satisfaction ... if when I shall let my last breath, it be ingraven upon my Marble Tomb, Here lieth Elizabeth which reigned a Virgin and died a Virgin." Elizabeth was twenty - five years of age, handsome, vigorous, popular; the hope of every party in the... | |
| Sir Sidney Lee, Charles Talbut Onions - 1916 - 724 sider
...memorial of my Name, and for my Glory also, if, when I shall let my last breath, it be engraven upon my Marble Tomb : Here lieth Elizabeth, which Reigned a Virgin, and died a Virgin. When we read the words spoken by the Queen, we begin to understand something of her devotion to her... | |
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