Anecdotes of Some Distinguished Persons: Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Band 3T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1795 |
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... army , and to make an attack upon the English , who were nearly masters of his kingdom . She told him , that an Aftrologer had predicted to her , that she should be beloved by the greatest Sovereign in the world , but that the ...
... army , and to make an attack upon the English , who were nearly masters of his kingdom . She told him , that an Aftrologer had predicted to her , that she should be beloved by the greatest Sovereign in the world , but that the ...
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... army . " Louis ordered two tables to be fet on each fide of the great ftreet of Amiens , which were covered with difhes of food , adds Comines , " that was fitteft to make the English relish their wine , of which there was great plenty ...
... army . " Louis ordered two tables to be fet on each fide of the great ftreet of Amiens , which were covered with difhes of food , adds Comines , " that was fitteft to make the English relish their wine , of which there was great plenty ...
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... army to Calais in " 1475 , was , firft , the folicitation of the Duke " of Burgundy , and the animofity of the English to the French ( which is natural to them , and has been fo for many ages ) ; next , to referve " for himself a great ...
... army to Calais in " 1475 , was , firft , the folicitation of the Duke " of Burgundy , and the animofity of the English to the French ( which is natural to them , and has been fo for many ages ) ; next , to referve " for himself a great ...
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... army . The King ordered very " good tents to be made for them , in which they " flept ; but not being used to fuch a manner of " living , they foon began to grow weary of the " campaign , for they had reckoned that they " should come to ...
... army . The King ordered very " good tents to be made for them , in which they " flept ; but not being used to fuch a manner of " living , they foon began to grow weary of the " campaign , for they had reckoned that they " should come to ...
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... army , the Duke , having quitted a pofition very favourable for his army , advanced to meet the Swifs at the foot of the mountains near Granson , in the Pays de Vaud . His troops , being ftruck with a fudden panic , fled , and hurrying ...
... army , the Duke , having quitted a pofition very favourable for his army , advanced to meet the Swifs at the foot of the mountains near Granson , in the Pays de Vaud . His troops , being ftruck with a fudden panic , fled , and hurrying ...
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Seite 65 - And then she said, I heard say the executioner was very good and I have a little neck, and put her hands about it, laughing heartily. I have seen many men, and also women, executed, and that they have been in great sorrow, and to my knowledge, this lady has much joy and pleasure in death.
Seite 49 - ... that he took to heart. He was rather studious than learned; reading most books that were of any worth, in the French tongue, yet he understood the Latin, as appeareth in that cardinal Hadrian and others, who could very well have written French, did use to write to him in Latin.
Seite 175 - I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands.
Seite 112 - The bargain was ftruck, the money paid, and the abfolution delivered in due form. Soon after this, the gentleman knowing that Tetzel was going from Leipfic well loaded with...
Seite 216 - I have not sought to advance my territories, and enlarge my dominions; for opportunity hath served me to do it. I acknowledge my womanhood and weakness in .that respect; but, though it hath not been hard to obtain, yet I doubted how to keep the things so obtained...
Seite 65 - Good Christian people, I am come hither to die ; for, according to the law, and by the law, I am judged to death, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that whereof I am accused...
Seite 70 - Suffolk, and there born, who being but a child was very apt to learn ; wherefore, by means of his parents, and other his good friends, he was maintained at the university of Oxford, where, in a short time, he prospered so well, that, in a small time, as he told me with his own mouth, he was made batchelor of arts, when he was but fifteen years of age, and was most commonly failed the boy batchelor.
Seite 67 - If then you found me worthy of such honour, good your grace let not any light fancy, or bad counsel of mine enemies, withdraw your princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyal heart towards your good grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutiful wife, and the infant princess your daughter.
Seite 276 - House, would have given him all the money she had in the house, but he returned her thanks, and told her that he had so ill kept his own, that he would not tempt his governor with more ; but that if...
Seite 63 - I must entreat you also to respect my maids, and give them in marriage, which is not much, they being but three ; and to all my other servants a year's pay besides their due, lest otherwise they should be unprovided for. Lastly, I make this vow, that mine eyes, desire you above all things. Farewell.