| Elias Ashmole - Berkshire (England) - 1723 - 340 pages
...Earl of Lelcefter t a ve ry goodly Perfonage, and fingularly well Featur'd, being a great Favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a Batchelor, or Widower, the Queen would have have made him her Husband; to this End, to free himfelf... | |
| Elias Ashmole - Berkshire (England) - 1723 - 342 pages
...Earl of Leicefter, a very goodly Perfonage, and fingularly well Featured, being a great Favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a Batchelor, or Widower, the Queen would .,...> . * .:*•.. ^ .( vi 5<э О baye made him her Husband... | |
| New and general biographical dictionary - 1761 - 466 pages
...amufement : " Robert Dudley, e4rl of Leicefter, a very goodly perfonage, " being a great favourite to queen Elizabeth, it was thought, " and commonly reported,...or ,- " widower, the queen would have made him her hufband. " To this end, to free himfelf of all obftacles, he with fair " flattering intreaties defires... | |
| Biography - 1798 - 576 pages
...amufement : " Robert Dudley, earl o/ beic;'llcr, a ver« goodly pcrfonage, being a great favouiite to queen Elizabeth, it was thought:, and commonly reported,...he been a bachelor or widower, the queen would have nnde him her hufban-l. To this end, to free himfelf of all obftacles, he with fur flattering entreaties... | |
| Hugh Usher Tighe - Cumner - 1821 - 100 pages
...Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a batchelor, or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband : to this end, to free himself of... | |
| Thomas Gillet - Folklore - 1822 - 158 pages
...Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well-featured, being a great favourite of Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported,...end, to free himself of all obstacles, he commands his wife, or perhaps with fair flattering intreaties, desires her to repose herself here at his servant... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...narrations. " Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported,...made him her husband. To this end, to free himself from all obstacles, he, with fair flattering intreaties, desires his wife to repose herself at Cumnor,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a batchelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself of all... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a batchelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself of all... | |
| England - 1840 - 784 pages
...Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported,...end, to free himself of all obstacles, he commands his wife, or perhaps with fair flattering entreaties, desires her to repose herself here at his servant... | |
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