A History of the House of Percy: From the Earliest Times Down to the Present Century, Volum 2Fremantle & Company, 1902 The House of Percy is one of the most illustrious in English history and the Percy family has controlled the Earldom (later Dukedom) of Northumberland with very few breaks since the time of William the Conqueror. |
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... Countess of Northumberland - North Country troubles , and religious difficulties - Domestic strife and miseries - The Essex revolt , and Northumberland's brothers — Quarrels with Southampton and Vere— Sir Francis Vere fights but in war ...
... Countess of Northumberland - North Country troubles , and religious difficulties - Domestic strife and miseries - The Essex revolt , and Northumberland's brothers — Quarrels with Southampton and Vere— Sir Francis Vere fights but in war ...
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... Countess- Elizabeth Percy loses one husband by death ; and flies in disgust from a second - Köningsmarck - Murder of Thynn , and fate of his assassins -Tom Thynn's bitter epitaph ; New matrimonial projects of the Dowager Countess ...
... Countess- Elizabeth Percy loses one husband by death ; and flies in disgust from a second - Köningsmarck - Murder of Thynn , and fate of his assassins -Tom Thynn's bitter epitaph ; New matrimonial projects of the Dowager Countess ...
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... Countess of Northumberland survived her first husband . 1 Burghley had been largely instrumental in bringing the fourth Duke of Norfolk to the scaffold , in 1572 . 2 Allusion is made to Thomas , Lord Howard de Walden . The downfall and ...
... Countess of Northumberland survived her first husband . 1 Burghley had been largely instrumental in bringing the fourth Duke of Norfolk to the scaffold , in 1572 . 2 Allusion is made to Thomas , Lord Howard de Walden . The downfall and ...
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... Countess . It is a common thing for sons to dislike those whom they suspect of plotting to fill their father's shoes ; and young Northumberland was not only of a headstrong temperament , but also devoted to the memory of his father ...
... Countess . It is a common thing for sons to dislike those whom they suspect of plotting to fill their father's shoes ; and young Northumberland was not only of a headstrong temperament , but also devoted to the memory of his father ...
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... Countess opposed herself tooth and nail ; but maternal disapproval of the match is surely no excuse for the venom with which she attacks the uncon- scious Wotton , who , so far from being the mercenary de- bauchee here described , was a ...
... Countess opposed herself tooth and nail ; but maternal disapproval of the match is surely no excuse for the venom with which she attacks the uncon- scious Wotton , who , so far from being the mercenary de- bauchee here described , was a ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
A History of the House of Percy: From the Earliest Times Down to ..., Volum 2 Gerald Brenan Visualització completa - 1902 |
A History of the House of Percy: From the Earliest Times Down to the Present ... Gerald Brenan,W a B 1846 Lindsay Previsualització no disponible - 2013 |
HIST OF THE HOUSE OF PERCY Gerald 1872-1906 Brenan,W. a. (William Alexander) B. 1. Lindsay Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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affair afterwards Alan Percy Algernon Alnwick MSS Anne berland brother Burghley Carleton Carlisle Catholic Cecil Charles claim Claimant command Council Countess of Northumberland Court daughter death declared descended died Dowager Countess Duchess Duchess of Somerset Duke of Somerset Earl of Northumberland Earl's eighth Earl Elizabeth Percy England English estates father favour Francis Percy friends Gunpowder Gunpowder Plot hath heir Henry Percy honour House of Percy husband Ibid James Percy Josceline Percy King King's Köningsmarck Lady Dorothy Lady Dorothy Devereux Lady Elizabeth Lady Northumberland land Leicester London Lord Percy Lucy Majesty marriage married Northumber Northumberland House Original State Papers Parliament party Pavenham Percy's Perrott person Petworth Plot prisoner Queen Raleigh refused Robert royal Salisbury Scottish sent Sir Henry Sir Hugh Smithson Sir Thomas sister Star Chamber Syon House ther Thomas Percy Thynn took Tower Trunkmaker Wentworth wife wrote young yowr
Passatges populars
Pàgina 257 - Cross, hard by the way, Where we (thou know'st) do sell our hay, There is a house with stairs; And there did I see coming down Such folk as are not in our town, Forty at least, in pairs.
Pàgina 197 - Now hats fly off, and youths carouse; Healths first go round, and then the house, The bride's came thick and thick; And when 'twas named another's health, Perhaps he made it hers by stealth: (And who could help it? Dick!) O...
Pàgina 420 - Spring was published next year, with a dedication to the countess of Hertford ; whose practice it was to invite every summer some poet into the country, to hear her verses, and assist her studies. This honour was one summer conferred on Thomson, who took more delight in carousing with lord Hertford and his friends than assisting her ladyship's poetical operations, and, therefore, never received another summons. Autumn...
Pàgina 243 - WHEN from black clouds no part of sky is clear, But just so much as lets the sun appear, Heaven then would seem thy image, and reflect Those sable vestments, and that bright aspect. A spark of virtue by the deepest shade Of sad adversity is fairer made ; Nor less advantage doth thy beauty get, A Venus rising from a sea of jet ! Such was th' appearance of new-formed light, While yet it struggled with eternal night.
Pàgina 250 - Northumberland from his r majesty's service ; which wrought several ill effects in the minds of many : for, as the earl then had the most esteemed and unblemished reputation, in court and country, of any person of his rank throughout the kingdom...
Pàgina 404 - He humbly desired of the king to be excused ; the king asked him his reason ; the duke told him he conceived it to be against law ; to which the king said, he would pardon him. The duke replied, he was no very good lawyer, but he thought he had heard it said, that a pardon granted a person offending under the assurance of obtaining it was void.
Pàgina 411 - Their || Conyngs mark thou ; for I have been told, They assassine when young, and poison when old. Root out these Carrots, O thou^ whose name Is backwards and forwards always the same; And keep close to thee always that name, Which backwards and forwards** is almost the same.
Pàgina 393 - Vrats told a friend of mine who accompanied him to the gallows, and gave him some advice, that he did not value dying of a rush, and hoped and believed God would deal with him like a gentleman.
Pàgina 380 - Thynn pretended he would settle on the lady, yet he totally discouraged the proceeding, as by no means a competent match for one that both by birth and fortune might have pretended to the greatest prince in Christendom ; that he also proposed the Earl of Kingston, or the Lord Cranburn, but was by no means for Mr.
Pàgina 420 - In soft assemblage, listen to my song, Which thy own season paints, when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent, like thee.