 VI."s; she had acquired a degree of learning rare in matured men, which she could use gracefully, and could permit to be seen by others without vanity or consciousness. Her character had developed with her talents. At fifteen she was learning Hebrew and...  The New England Farmer - Σελίδα 3901860Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Anthony Froude - 1860 - 562 σελίδες
...body. Jane Grey's of Lady ' . . J •; Jane Grey, accomplishments were as extensive as Jbjdwara s ; she had acquired a degree of learning rare in matured...portrait of piety, purity, and free, noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weaknesses of humanity.* While the effects of the Reformation... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1860 - 558 σελίδες
...Grey, accomplishments were as extensive as Edward's ; she had acquired a degree of learning rare ifi matured men, which she could use gracefully, and could...portrait of piety, purity, and free, noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weaknesses of humanity.* While the effects of the Reformation... | |
 | 1860 - 890 σελίδες
...sixteen she corresponded with Bullinger in Latin at least equal to his own. But the matter of her lctters is more striking than the language, and speaks more...herself, drawn by her own hand,* — a portrait of picty, purity, and free, noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weaknesses... | |
 | william harrison ainsworth - 1863 - 516 σελίδες
...England under the Tailors, vol. vt ch. rxxi. t The Friend, essay i. } Tremaine, vol. iii. eh. xxxiii. the most elaborate panegyrics of admiring courtiers....portrait of piety, purity, and free noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weakness of humanity.* While the effects of the Reformation... | |
 | 1863 - 520 σελίδες
...TremaiDe, vol. üi. ch. xxxüi. \ Men, ЛУотeп, and Books, vol. ip 306 || Northern Worthies, vol. ü. ' the most elaborate panegyrics of admiring courtiers....portrait of piety, purity, and free noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weakness of humanity.* While the effects of the Reformation... | |
 | 1866 - 506 σελίδες
...Greek ; " at sixteen she corresponded with Bul" linger in Latin at least equal. to his " own ; but^the matter of her letters " is more striking than the...and speaks more for her than the " most elaborate panegyric of admiring " courtiers." 1 Contemporary as a student with Lady Jane, though a good deal... | |
 | 1869 - 974 σελίδες
...Hebrew, and could write Orrek ; at sixteen she corresponded with Bullinger in Latin at iM-t equal with his own; but the matter of her letters is more striking...portrait of piety, purity, and free noble innocence, imcoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional feelings of humanity. While tho tffects of the Reformation... | |
 | 1869 - 974 σελίδες
...Hebrew, and could write Greek ; at sixteen she corresponded with Bullinger in Latin at leu- 1 equal with his own ; but the matter of her letters is more striking...her than the most elaborate panegyrics of admiring courtier*. She lias left a portrait of herself drawn by her own hand ; a portrait of piety, purity,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1870 - 516 σελίδες
...Morryson in the Netherlands, a " king," and not a " queen," was described as on the throne in his place. write Greek ; at sixteen she corresponded with Bullinger...portrait of piety, purity, and free, noble innocence, uncoloured, even to a fault, with the emotional weaknesses of humanity.1 While the effects' of the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 420 σελίδες
...and trusted friends. On the whole, she merits the eulogium pronounced upon her by Mr. Froude : — " She had acquired a degree of learning rare in matured...the most elaborate panegyrics of admiring courtiers. . . . Lady Jane Grey lived to show . . . that the graces of a St. Elizabeth could be rivalled by the... | |
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