Memoirs of Celebrated Female Sovereigns, Том 1H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831 |
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... honours under the form of a pigeon . In her private life , Semiramis has been represent- ed as a monster of profligacy . We are told that she had a succession of lovers , who were devoted one after another to death ; and that her son ...
... honours under the form of a pigeon . In her private life , Semiramis has been represent- ed as a monster of profligacy . We are told that she had a succession of lovers , who were devoted one after another to death ; and that her son ...
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... honour , as well as of her queenly dignity . She procured the assistance of a chamberlain named Apollodorus , and he conveyed her on his back , concealed in a mattress or a bundle of linen , to the very apartment of Cæsar . If the Roman ...
... honour , as well as of her queenly dignity . She procured the assistance of a chamberlain named Apollodorus , and he conveyed her on his back , concealed in a mattress or a bundle of linen , to the very apartment of Cæsar . If the Roman ...
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... honour of female nature to believe it false- led to the celebrated attachment between Mark Antony and Cleopatra , which ended in the de- struction of both , and has rendered their names for ever inseparable in the memory of man . The ...
... honour of female nature to believe it false- led to the celebrated attachment between Mark Antony and Cleopatra , which ended in the de- struction of both , and has rendered their names for ever inseparable in the memory of man . The ...
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... honour on an inferior , rather than to obey the summons of a superior . On her arrival in Cilicia , she embarked on the river Cydnus to sail down to Tarsus ; and this triumphant and magnificent voyage has become , from the descriptions ...
... honour on an inferior , rather than to obey the summons of a superior . On her arrival in Cilicia , she embarked on the river Cydnus to sail down to Tarsus ; and this triumphant and magnificent voyage has become , from the descriptions ...
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... species of luxury , and afterwards sailed for Athens , where the people decreed to Cleopatra public honours . Antony and his friends had requested of the queen that she would return to Egypt , and there 32 FEMALE SOVEREIGNS .
... species of luxury , and afterwards sailed for Athens , where the people decreed to Cleopatra public honours . Antony and his friends had requested of the queen that she would return to Egypt , and there 32 FEMALE SOVEREIGNS .
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admiration afterwards Alhama Alphonso Andreas Antony appears arms army Arragon attendants battle beautiful beheld Boabdil Bothwell Brantome brave brother brought Cadiz Cæsar called captivity Carraccioli Castile celebrated character Charles of Durazzo Cleopatra Columbus commanded court crown cruel Darnley daughter death died Duke Duke of Durazzo Earl Egypt Elizabeth enemy England father favour favourite fortress France friends grace Granada Henry honour horror husband infant Joanna King of Hungary kingdom Lady Lord Louis of Anjou Louis of Hungary Louis of Taranto magnificent manners Marquis of Cadiz marriage Mary Mary's mind ministers mistress Moorish Moors mother murder Murray Naples nobles Octavius palace person Petrarch possessed present Prince of Taranto princes Princess Ptolemy Queen of Scots refused reign rendered returned Roman royal Scotland Semiramis sent Sforza siege sister sovereign spirit splendid talents Taranto tears temper throne tion took treaty wife woman young Zenobia
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Сторінка 272 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win.
Сторінка 312 - The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy, And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy. For falsehood now doth flow, and subjects' faith doth ebb ; Which would not be if Reason ruled, or Wisdom weaved the web. But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds, Which turn to rain of late repent by course of changed winds. The top of hope supposed the root of ruth will be ; And fruitless all their graffed guiles, as shortly ye shall see.
Сторінка 139 - We," said the Justiza to the king in name of his highspirited barons, " who are each of us as good, and who are altogether more powerful than you, promise obedience to your government, if you maintain our rights and liberties ; but if not, not.
Сторінка 61 - Roman people," says Aurelian, in an original letter, "speak with contempt of the war which I am waging against a woman. They are ignorant both of the character and of the power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons. Every part of the walls is provided with two or three balistce, and artificial fires are thrown from her military engines.
Сторінка xi - The intention of this work is to illustrate the influence which a female government has had generally on men and nations, and that which the possession of power has had individually on the female character.
Сторінка 239 - ... more grieve me, than that I did so forget myself, as to require of the queen your mistress that favour which I had no need to ask. I needed no more to have made her privy to my journey than she doth me of hers.
Сторінка 239 - It seemeth she maketh more account of the amity of my disobedient subjects, than she doth of me their Sovereign, who am her equal in degree, though inferior in wisdom and experience, her nighest kinswoman and her next neighbour...
Сторінка 221 - Burgos under her auspices ; and all printed books, and foreign and classical works, were imported free of duty. Through her zeal and patronage, the University of Salamanca rose to that eminence which it assumed among the learned institutions of that period, and rivalled those of Pisa and Padua. She prepared the way for that golden age of Spanish literature which immediately succeeded her. Her own love of study is evinced by the fact, that, after she...
Сторінка 296 - madam I may not call you, and mistress I am ashamed to call you, so I know not what to call you, but yet I do thank you.