The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... Elizabeth ) , and Vandyke who immortalised the youth and beauty of the court of Charles the First . One of Elizabeth's great statesmen also lay there , - Walsingham , — who died so poor , that he was buried by stealth , to prevent his ...
... Elizabeth ) , and Vandyke who immortalised the youth and beauty of the court of Charles the First . One of Elizabeth's great statesmen also lay there , - Walsingham , — who died so poor , that he was buried by stealth , to prevent his ...
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... ELIZABETH FOR DEATH OF ESSEX . 185 him , like a politic sovereign , to his fate ; but is thought never to have recovered it , as a friend . The romantic story of her visiting the Countess of Nottingham , who had kept back a ring which ...
... ELIZABETH FOR DEATH OF ESSEX . 185 him , like a politic sovereign , to his fate ; but is thought never to have recovered it , as a friend . The romantic story of her visiting the Countess of Nottingham , who had kept back a ring which ...
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... Elizabeth , and to oust his rivals , Essex and others , was the first to make secret terms with her successor James , and to prepare the way for his recep- tion in England : of which , perhaps , Elizabeth was aware , when she lay ...
... Elizabeth , and to oust his rivals , Essex and others , was the first to make secret terms with her successor James , and to prepare the way for his recep- tion in England : of which , perhaps , Elizabeth was aware , when she lay ...
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