The Life of Jane Dormer, Duchess of FeriaBurns and Oates, 1887 - 224 pages |
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Page 209 - English a translation of all the letters which are extant. ... A complete priest's manual might be compiled from them, entering as they...
Page 97 - And presently, commanding him and the rest to depart from her chamber, she willed my lord admiral to stay; to whom she shook her head, and, with a pitiful voice said, 'My lord, I am tied with a chain of iron about my neck.' He alleging her wonted courage to her, she replied, 'I am tied, and the case is altered with me.
Page 197 - Convertere anima mea in requiem tuam :* quia Dominus benefecit tibi. Quia eripuit animam meam de morte,* oculos meos a lacrymis : pedes meos a lapsu.
Page 39 - I was born in such a time when Holy Mass was in great reverence, and was brought up in the same faith. In King Edward's time, this reverence was neglected and reproved by such as governed. In Queen Mary's it was restored with much applause, and now in this time it pleaseth the State to question them, as now they do me, who continue in this Catholic profession. The State would have the several changes which I have seen with mine eyes, good and laudable. Whether it can be so, I refer to your Lordships
Page 71 - Mass), and although sick to death, she heard it with so good attention, zeal and devotion, as she answered in every part with him that served the Priest ; such yet was the quickness of her senses and memory. And when the priest came to that part to say 'Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,' she answered plainly and distinctly to every one, ' Miserere nobis, Miserere nobis, Dona nobis pacem...
Page 80 - It is not possible,' she answered, 'that the Queen can send me such a message; nor is it fit she should, nor can it be so sudden, her majesty being so far from this place. You would have said, the Lady Anne Boleyn, for I can acknowledge no other queen but my mother, nor esteem them my friends who are not hers. And for the reverence that I made, it was to the altar, to her maker and mine; and so they are deceived, and deceive her who tell her otherwise.
Page 36 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Page 211 - WORKS ON THE LIFE OF OUR LORD. BY THE REV. HJ COLERIDGE. 1. THE LIFE OF OUR LIFE. Two Vols. 15s. 2. THE WORKS AND WORDS OF OUR SAVIOUR. One Vol. 7s. 6d. 3. THE STORY OF THE GOSPELS. One Vol. 7s. 6d.
Page 63 - In those days the house of this princess was the only harbour for honourable young gentlewomen, given any way to piety and devotion. It was the true school of virtuous demeanour, befitting the education that ought to be in noble damsels. And the greatest lords in the kingdom were suitors to her to receive their daughters in her service.