 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 482 pages
...instigation of her husband, the mortal enemy of Essex, failed to execute her commission ; and the queen, ascribing the neglect to his invincible obstinacy, at last signed the warrant for his death. Lady Nottingham, however, falling into a dangerous sickness, and stung with remorse for her... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 552 pages
...condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the countess of Netting* ham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen. The countess...Essex. not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 550 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the Countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the Queen....Essex, not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...the experiment, and he committed the ring to the Countess of Nottingham, QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GRIEF. 79 whom he desired to deliver it to the queen. The countess was prevailed upon by her husband, the mortal enemy of Essex, not to execute the commission; and Elizabeth, who still... | |
 | David Hume - 1825 - 500 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen....Essex, not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
 | David Hume, John Robinson - 1827 - 546 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and committed the ring to the countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen....into a dangerous sickness, was seized with remorse for her conduct; and having obtained a visit from the queen, she craved her pardon, and revealed to... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 440 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen....on by her husband, the mortal enemy of Essex, not 4 Sec the proofs of this remarkable fact collected in Birch's Negotiations, p. 206. And Memoirs, vol.... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Thomas Coventry - 1830 - 716 pages
...condemnation he resolved to try its efficacy. He committed the ring to the Countess of Nottingham, to deliver it to the Queen. The Countess was prevailed...Essex) not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen....Essex, not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her favorite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...trial and condemnation, he resolved to try the experiment, and he committed the ring to the Countess of nt by, Beyond who still expected that her favourite would make this last appeal to her tenderness, and who ascribed... | |
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... to the Countess of Nottingham, whom he desired to deliver it to the queen. The countess was prevailed on by her husband, the mortal enemy of Essex, not to execute the commission ; and Elizabeth, who still expected that her... 
