Female Biography: Or, Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All Ages and Countries, Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page 31
... Bothwell , in order to obtain the sole direction of affairs , had conspired to murder the prior and the other mi- nisters of the queen . The persons thus accused , C 4 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS . 31 The feudal and aris- ...
... Bothwell , in order to obtain the sole direction of affairs , had conspired to murder the prior and the other mi- nisters of the queen . The persons thus accused , C 4 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS . 31 The feudal and aris- ...
Page 35
... murders had been se- veral times appointed , though unforeseen accidents had hitherto frustrated the execution of the plan . The house of Huntly at Strathbogie was the last place selected as the scene of this tragedy ; but the queen ...
... murders had been se- veral times appointed , though unforeseen accidents had hitherto frustrated the execution of the plan . The house of Huntly at Strathbogie was the last place selected as the scene of this tragedy ; but the queen ...
Page 40
... - posal , which could not fail to flatter her ambition . There happened however three circumstances which combined to divert her from a foreign alliance . : The first of these was the murder of her 40 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS .
... - posal , which could not fail to flatter her ambition . There happened however three circumstances which combined to divert her from a foreign alliance . : The first of these was the murder of her 40 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS .
Page 41
... murder of her uncle the duke of Guise , whose ambition had involved his country in civil war , and who perished by the hand of an assassin ; a blow which proved fatal to the queen of Scots , and which obliged her to contract her views ...
... murder of her uncle the duke of Guise , whose ambition had involved his country in civil war , and who perished by the hand of an assassin ; a blow which proved fatal to the queen of Scots , and which obliged her to contract her views ...
Page 80
... murder was the bed - chamber of the queen , notwithstanding that she was advanced to the sixth month of her pregnancy ; and though it would have been easy to have seized Rizzio in any other place . This appears to have been a refinement ...
... murder was the bed - chamber of the queen , notwithstanding that she was advanced to the sixth month of her pregnancy ; and though it would have been easy to have seized Rizzio in any other place . This appears to have been a refinement ...
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