Her mind has no womanly weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English : she has often talked to me readily and well in Latin, and moderately so... Private Character of Queen Elizabeth - Page 24by Frederick Chamberlin - 1921 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
| Roger Ascham - 1865 - 336 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English :...as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. In adornment she is elegant rather than showy, and by her contempt of gold and head-dresses,... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1877 - 674 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English :...as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. " In adornment she is elegant rather than showy, and by her contempt of gold and head-dresses... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well ai English : she has often talked to me readily and well...Greek and Latin, nothing is more beautiful than her bond-writing. She is as much delighted with mnsic as she ifl pkilful in the art. In adornment she is... | |
| Children's literature, American - 1884 - 530 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English ;...as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. She read with me almost all Cicero and great part of Titus Livius; for she drew all her knowledge... | |
| Rose Georgina Kingsley - 1884 - 150 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English; she...as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. She read with me almost all Cicero and great part of Titus Livius; for she drew all her knowledge... | |
| John Milton Berdan - English poetry - 1920 - 602 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English: she...Greek and Latin, nothing is more beautiful than her hand-writing.1 She is as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. In adornment she is... | |
| Henry Cecil Wyld - English language - 1920 - 426 pages
...Latin for two years. . . . She talks French and Italian as well as English; she has often talked with me readily and well in Latin, and moderately so in...Latin, nothing is more beautiful than her handwriting', and so on. In view of Elizabeth's later tastes in dress, it is interesting to find Ascham saying, '... | |
| John Milton Berdan - English poetry - 1920 - 610 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English: she has often talked to me readily and well in I At in, and moderately so in Greek. When she writes Greek and Latin, nothing is more beautiful than... | |
| John Milton Berdan - English poetry - 1920 - 600 pages
...weakness, her perseverance is equal to that of a man, and her memory long keeps what it quickly picks up. She talks French and Italian as well as English: she...Latin, nothing is more beautiful than her hand-writing. 1 She is as much delighted with music as she is skilful in the art. In adornment she is elegant rather... | |
| Maria Perry - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 288 pages
...Italian as well as she does English, and has often talked to me readily and well in Latin, moderately in Greek. When she writes Greek and Latin nothing is more beautiful than her handwriting.' Her letters to Edward have been called sententious and dutiful, couched as they are in the respectful... | |
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