 | England - 1840 - 784 pages
...story : — " Robert Dudley, 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 bachelor, 'or widower, the queen would have made him her husband: to this end, to free himself of all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 750 pages
...following : " Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, •ad singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was thought, and commonly reported, Hint had IK; been a batchelor or widower, ik* (¿шч'п \vouUl hnvo made him h+r tnn!>aini ; to thi«... | |
 | William Beattie - Abbeys - 1842 - 398 pages
...contained in the following narrations : " Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was...thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a bachelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband. To this end, to free himself from all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...following: "Robert Dudley, 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 bachelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself of all... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 404 pages
...contained in the following narrations : " Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was...thought, and commonly reported, that had he been a bachelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband. To this end, to free himself from all... | |
 | Robert Henry O'Byrne - 1848 - 260 pages
...following,— "Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage, and singularly well featured, being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was...been a batchelor, or widower, the queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself of all obstacles, he commands or perhaps, with... | |
 | Bernard Burke - England - 1848 - 268 pages
...description : — " Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly personage and singularly well featured being a great favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was...been a batchelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband : to this end, to free himself of all obstacles, he commands or perhaps with fair... | |
 | Alfred Durling Bartlett - 1850 - 172 pages
...page 78. " ROBERT DUDLEY, Earl of Leicester, a very goodly " personage, and singularly well-featured, being a great " favourite to Queen Elizabeth, it was...been a batchelor, or " widower, the Queen would have made him her husband. " To this end, to free himself of all obstacles, he com" mands his wife, or perhaps... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 532 pages
...following : — " Robert Dudley, 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 bachelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself of all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 698 pages
...following : " Robert Dudley, 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 be been a batchelor or widower, the Queen would have made him her husband ; to this end, to free himself... | |
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Robert Dudley, 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... 
