Collins's Peerage of England: Contains the earls to the termination of the seventeenth centuryF.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Company ... [and 26 others], 1812 |
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afterwards ancestor Anne appointed April arms August Baron Bart Berkeley bishop born brother buried castle Catherine church coheir colonel Compton court custos rotulorum daughter and heir daughter of Sir death decease December died unmarried Duke Duke of Monmouth Duke of York Earl of Derby Egerton eldest Eliz England Essex father February Finch fourth France Garter George Grey heir of Sir Henry VIII Hist honour horse house of peers Ibid Ireland James January July June Kent King Charles King's Knight knight's fee lands letters patent London lord lieutenant Lord Windsor Lordship Lumley Majesty Majesty's manor March Margaret married to Sir Mordaunt noble November October parliament Polyd præd Prince privy-council Queen reign Robert Scotland second wife September Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William sister sons Stanley Stemmate succeeded Suffolk Talbot third VIII Viscount Warwickshire Westminster Westminster abbey whereof Windsor
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الصفحة 123 - EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
الصفحة 781 - He was of a most flowing courtesy and affability to all men who made any address to him ; and so desirous to oblige them, that he did not enough consider the value of the obligation, or the merit of the person he chose to oblige ; from which, much of his misfortune resulted.
الصفحة 772 - The duke was indeed a very extraordinary person; and never any man, in any age, nor, I believe, in any country or nation, rose, in so short a time, to so much greatness of honour, fame and fortune, upon no other advantage or recommendation than of the beauty and gracefulness and becomingness of his person.
الصفحة 127 - Lord was at that time very merry, for he had now outlived the day, which his tutor Sandford • had prognosticated upon his nativity he would not outlive ; but he had done it now, for that was his birth-day, which had completed his age to fifty years.' The next morning, by the time they came to Colebrook, they met with the news of his death.
الصفحة 583 - A martial hero first, with early care, Blown, like a pigmy by the winds, to war. A beardless chief, a rebel, ere a man, So young his hatred to his Prince began.
الصفحة 748 - Court of quality enough to prevent or divert any disadvantage he might be exposed to. And therefore it is no wonder, nor to be imputed to him, that he retired within himself as much as he could, and stood upon his defence without making desperate sallies against growing mischiefs, which he knew well he had no power to hinder, and which might probably begin in his own ruin. To conclude, his security consisted very much in his having but little credit with the King; and he died in a season most opportune,...
الصفحة 133 - He pretended to no other qualifications, than to understand horses and dogs very well, which his master loved him the better for, (being, at his first coming into England, very jealous of those who had the reputation of great parts,) and to be believed honest and generous, which made him many friends, and left him then* no enemy.
الصفحة 575 - God forbid that I should justify you : Till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go : My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
الصفحة 584 - He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands, to boast his wit Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
الصفحة 548 - was exceedingly disposed to please the King, and to do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, "that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.