Category: Biographies
Greenwich.--The hospital.--Its inmates.--Greenwich Observatory.--Manner of taking time.--Henry the Eighth.--His character.--His six wives.--Anne Boleyn.--Catharine of Aragon.--Henry discards her.--Origin of the English Church.--Henry marries Anne Boleyn.--Birth of Elizabeth.--...
Character of Essex.--Death of Leicester.--Essex becomes the queen's favorite.--Cecil and Essex.--Elizabeth's regard for Essex.--His impulsive bravery.--Essex's ardor for battle....
10. Chapter 10Fierce contests between Catholics and Protestants.--Philip's cruelty.--Effects of war.--Napoleon and Xerxes.--March of improvement.--Spanish armadas.--The Low Countries.--Their...
8. Chapter 8Claimants to the throne.--General character of Elizabeth's reign.--Elizabeth's suitors.--Their motives.--Philip of Spain proposes.--His strange conduct.--Elizabeth declines Phil...
3. Chapter 3Lady Jane Grey.--Her disposition and character.--Lady Jane's parents.--Restraints put upon her.--Lady Jane's attainments.--Character of her teacher.--Anecdote of Elizabeth and A...
6. Chapter 6Mary's unhappy reign.--Unrequited love.--Mary's sufferings.--Her religious principles.--Progress of Mary's Catholic zeal.--Her moderation at first.--Mary's terrible persecution...
7. Chapter 7Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots.--Their rivalry.--Character of Mary.--Character of Elizabeth.--Elizabeth's celebrity while living.--Interest in Mary when dead.--Real nature of...
9. Chapter 9Opinions of Elizabeth's character.--The Catholics and Protestants.--Parties in England.--Elizabeth's wise administration.--Mary claims the English throne.--She is made prisoner...
5. Chapter 5Elizabeth's position.--Legitimacy of Mary and Elizabeth's birth.--Mary and Elizabeth's differences.--Courteney's long imprisonment.--Mary's attentions to Courteney.--Courteney's...
1. Chapter 1Greenwich.--The hospital.--Its inmates.--Greenwich Observatory.--Manner of taking time.--Henry the Eighth.--His character.--His six wives.--Anne Boleyn.--Catharine of Aragon.--H...
12. Chapter 12Question of Essex's guilt.--General opinion of mankind.--Elizabeth's distress.--Fall of Essex's party.--Wounds of the heart.--Elizabeth's efforts to recover her spirits.--Embass...
2. Chapter 2Elizabeth's condition at the death of her mother.--Her residence.--Letter of Lady Bryan, Elizabeth's governess.--Conclusion of letter.--Troubles and trials of infancy.--Birth of...
4. Chapter 4Queen Mary's character.--Bigotry and firmness.--Suitors for Queen Mary's hand.--Emperor Charles the Fifth.--Character of his son Philip.--The emperor proposes his son.--Mary ple...