Memoirs of the life and times of sir Christopher Hatton, including his correspondence with the queen and other distinguished persons

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R. Bentley, 1847 - 510 strán (strany)
 

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Strana 122 - The multitude standing about was deeply silent, either out of horror of this new and unwonted kind of punishment, or...
Strana 18 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement: but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Strana 135 - I am likewise bold to recommend my most humble duty to our dear Mistress (Queen Elizabeth) by this letter and ring, which hath the virtue to...
Strana xxix - Sir John Perrot was wont to say, by the galliard, for he came thither as a private gentleman of the Inns of Court, in a masque: and, for his activity and person, which was tall and proportionable, taken into her favour.
Strana 9 - This is the twelfth day since I saw the brightness of that sun that giveth light unto my sense and soul. I wax an amazed creature. Give me leave, madam, to remove myself out of this irksome shadow, so far as my imagination with these good means may lead me towards you : and let me thus salute you : Live for ever, most excellent creature, and love some man to show yourself thankful for God's high labour in you.
Strana xxx - There is no tempest equal to the passionate indignation of a prince; nor yet at any time so unseasonable as when it lighteth on those that might expect a harvest of their careful and painful labors.
Strana 359 - The chiefest of her highness' players advised me to send for the owner of the Theatre who was a stubborn fellow and to bind him. I did so.
Strana xxxi - What, cannot princes err? cannot subjects receive wrong ? Is an earthly power or authority infinite ? Pardon me, pardon me, my good lord, I can never subscribe to these principles. Let Solomon's fool laugh when he is stricken ; let those that mean to make their profit of princes, show to have no sense of princes' injuries ; let them acknowledge an infinite absoluteness on earth, that do not believe in an absolute infiniteness in heaven.
Strana 8 - Would God I were with you but for one hour. My wits are overwrought with thoughts. I find myself amazed. Bear with me, my most dear sweet Lady. Passion overcometh me. I can write no more. Love me ; for I love you.
Strana xxxi - I give every one of these considerations its due weight; and the more I weigh them, the more I find myself justified from offending in any of them. As for the two last objections, that I forsake my country when it hath most need of me, and fail in that indissoluble duty which I owe to my...

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