 | 1795 - 432 pages
...pretend to be deceived. JARDINE. Letters from Barbary, £ffc. vol. /../i. 42. IN the reign of Qiieen Elizabeth, we read of one * whom the grandees of the...made secretary of state only to break his back in the business of the Queen of Scots, whose death they were then projecting. Like true cour tiers, they first... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1796 - 640 pages
...acquitting of all malice, cenfured him for indifcretion. (fuller's Worthies, Lincfhi/hire, p. 161.) " In the reign of " Queen Elizabeth we read of one, whom the grandees of the Court procured to be made Se" cretnry of State, only to break his back in the bufmefs of the Queen of Scots, whofe death " they... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1807 - 514 pages
...p. 161.) " In the reign of Queen Elizabeth " vre read of one, whom the grandees of the Courfprocured to be made ' Secretary of State, only to break his...Scots, whofe death they were then projecting. Like tme ' courtiers, they lirlt engage him in that fatal fcene, and then defert ' him in it; «fing him... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - 614 pages
...For all this is but like the helping a man over the stile, who is going to be hanged, which surely is no very great or difficult piece of civility. In...secretary of state, only to break his back in the business of the queen of Scots, whose death they were then projecting : like true courtiers, they first... | |
 | 1826 - 450 pages
...For all this is but like the helping a man over the ftile, who is going to be hanged, which furely is no very great or difficult piece of civility. In...whom the grandees of the court procured to be made fecretary of ftate, only to break his back in the bu£nefs of the Queen of Scots, whofe death they... | |
 | Robert South - 1827 - 490 pages
...but like the helping a man over the stile, who is going to be hanged, which surely is no very great piece of civility. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth,...secretary of state, only to break his back in the business of the queen of Scots, whose death they were then projecting. Like true courtiers they first... | |
 | Robert South - 1850 - 1276 pages
...For all this is but like the helping a man over (he stile, who is going to be hanged, which surely is no very great or difficult piece of civility. In...reign of queen Elizabeth, we read of one whom the OF LOVING OUR ENEMIES. 449 mdees of the court procured to be made secretary of state, only break his... | |
 | Robert South - 1859 - 602 pages
...this is but like the helping a man over the stile, whc is going to be hanged, which surely is no verT great or difficult piece of civility. In the reign...secretary of state, only to break his back in the business of tho Queen of Scots, whose death they were then projecting ; like true courtiers, they first... | |
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For all this is but like the helping a man over the stile, who is going to be hanged, which surely is no very great or difficult piece of civility. In the reign of queen Elizabeth, we read of one whom the grandees of the court procured to be made secretary... 