 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1771 - 494 pages
...of the fpectators wept and fighed at this affe&ing fpectacle;° for flat> tery and zeal alike gave place to ftronger and better emotions. Thus died Mary,...misfortunes. In contemplating the contentions of mankind, we find almoft ever both fides culpable; Mary, who was ftained with crimes that deferved punimment, was... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1789 - 598 pages
...mercy." Id. ibid. Stuart, book Tiii. moft THE HISTORY OF mod amiable and accompliflied of her fex ; who, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity in England, fell a vi£lim to thejealoufy and to the fears of an offended rival. But although Mary's... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1803 - 498 pages
...suffered decapitation, with the fortitude of a hero, and the constancy of a martyr. Thus perished, in the forty-fifth year. of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity in England, Mary queen of Scots, a woman of the most eminent beauty, and highest mental accomplishments;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 340 pages
...thespectators wept and sighed at this affecting spectacle; for flattery, and zeal alike give place to stronger and better emotions. Thus died Mary, in the forty-fifth...of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity, a princess unmatched in beauty, and unequalled in misfortunes. In contemplating the contentions of mankind,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Chronology, Historical - 1818 - 440 pages
...decreed her fate ; and, being condemned to suffer death, she was beheaded at Fotheringay castle, 1587, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity in EnglSnd. Previously to this event, Murray had fallen the victim of the private revenge of a gentleman... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 pages
...gave place to pity and admiration of the expiring Princess. Mary died on the 8th of February 1587> in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity in England. She was a woman of great accomplishments, natural as well as acquired. The beauties of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1823 - 504 pages
...spectators wept and sighed at this affecting spectacle ; for flattery and zeal alike gave place to stronger and better emotions. Thus died Mary, in the forty-fifth...her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity — a princess unmatched in beauty, and unequaled in misfortunes. In contemplating the contentions of mankind,... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - Geography - 1823 - 626 pages
...decreed h"r fate ; and, being condemned to suffer death, she was beheaded »t Folheringay castle, 1587, In the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity in England. Previously to thil event Murray had fallen jhe victim of the private revenge of a gentleman... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - Great Britain - 1824 - 568 pages
...catholic and Roman religion, her head was severed from her body by the executioner. Thus perished, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her- captivity in Kngland, Mary, queen of Scots, a woman of great accomplishments, both of body and mind. The beauty... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1825 - 780 pages
...and sighrd at this affecting spectacle; for flattery and zeal alike gave place to stronger and hetter emotions. Thus died Mary, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and ilio nineteenth of her captivity — a princess unmatched in heauty, and unequalled in misfortunes.... | |
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Amen," while the rest of the spectators wept and sighed at this affecting spectacle ; for flattery and zeal alike gave place to stronger and better emotions. Thus died Mary, in the forty-fifth year of her age, and the nineteenth of her captivity —... 
