 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 498 pages
...particularly, she subjoined, ELIZABEtH. . 155 joined, " she would have a king to succeed her ; 2nd who should that be, but her nearest kinsman the king...expired, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-ninth of her reign. So dark was the cloud which overspread the evening of that day, whose meridian... | |
 | Mary Hays - 1803 - 520 pages
...desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting her to speak more expressly, she added, ' she would have a king to succeed her ; and who should...that be, but her nearest kinsman, the king of Scots ?' The archbishop of Canterbury then advised her to fix her thoughts on God. She did so, she replied,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 480 pages
...royal successor ;'' and being requested by Cecil to explain herself more particularly, she subjoined, " she would have a king to succeed her ; and who should...expired, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty -ninth of her reign. So dark was the cloud which overspread the evening of that day, whose meridian... | |
 | David Hume - 1807 - 552 pages
...regard to her successor. She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting...that be, but her nearest kinsman, the king of Scots ? Being then advised by the archbishop of Canterbury to fix her thoughts upon God, she replied, that... | |
 | Mary Hays - 1807 - 528 pages
...desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting her to speak more expressly, she added, ' she would have a king to succeed her; and who should...that be, but her nearest kinsman, the king of Scots?' The archbishop of Canterbury then advised her to fix her thoughts on God. She did so, she replied,... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 550 pages
...regard to her successor. She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting...that be, but her nearest kinsman, the King of Scots ? Being then advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury to fix her thoughts upon God, she replied, that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 510 pages
...regard to her successor. She answered with a faint voice, that, as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting...would have a king to succeed her, and who should that bi1, but her nearest kinsman, »the king of Scots? Being then advised by the archbishop of Canterbury... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 528 pages
...regard to her successor. She answered with a faint voice, that, as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. Cecil requesting...that be, but her nearest kinsman, the king of Scots ? Being then advised by the archbishop of Canterbury to fix her thoughts upon, God, she replied, that... | |
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She answered with a faint voice, that as she had held a regal sceptre, she desired no other than a royal successor. 
