 I give you this charge that you shall be of my privy council, and content yourself to take pains for me and my realm. This judgment I have of you, that you will not be corrupted by any manner of gift, and that you will be faithful to the State ; and that,...  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 4511882Full view - About this book
 | Mandell Creighton - Europe - 1876 - 308 pages
...sense of Cecil's merit by appointing him a member of her council. ' This judgment,' she said to him, ' I have of you : that you will not be corrupted with any gift, and that you will be faithful to the state ; and that, without respect of my private will, you... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 pages
...addressing him in the house which was hereafter to become the possession of his descendants : — " I give you this charge that you shall be of my Privy...Council, and content yourself to take pains for me and for my realm. This judgment I have of you, that you will not be corrupted with any manner <>f gifts,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1882 - 816 pages
...which he was expected to perform to his queen and country : — " I give you this charge, that yon shall be of my privy council, and content yourself...judgment I have of you,— that you will not be corrupted by any manner of gift, and that you will be faithful to the state; and that, without respoct to my... | |
 | M. M - 1882 - 98 pages
...addressed these words at Hatfield on the' Sunday after that event, in presence of the Privy Council : " This judgment I have of you, that you will not be corrupted by any manner of gifts, and that you will be faithful to the State ; and that without respect of my... | |
 | Philip George and son, ltd - 1883 - 282 pages
...Her chief adviser was Cecil, who was made Lord Burleigh. In choosing him she spoke aH follows : — " This judgment I have of you, that you will not be corrupted with any manner of gifts, and that you will be faithful to the State, and that 233 without respect to my private will... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - Queens - 1885 - 824 pages
...is a noble summary of the duties which he was expected to perform to his queen and country : — " I give you this charge, that you shall be of my privy council, and content f oursclf to take pains for me and my realm. This judgment I have of you, — tliat you will not be... | |
 | Literature - 1887 - 896 pages
...charge to Cecil at Hatfield, on November 2oth, 1558, her words were not those of a mere common form : " I give you this charge, that you shall be of my Privy Council, and content yourself to take pains forme and my realm. This judgment I have of you — that you will not be corrupted by any manner of... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1887 - 500 pages
...which have been so frequently quoted that it is hardly necessary to repeat them here. When she said, ' This judgment •"I have of you, that you will not be corrupted with any manner of gifts, and that you will be faithful to the state,' she gave proof of her sagacity, and showed that... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - Great Britain - 1890 - 462 pages
...with others who were favorable to the reformed faith. On his appointment, Elizabeth said to Cecil, " This judgment I have of you, that you will not be corrupted with any gifts, that you will be faithful to the state, and that without respect to my private will you will... | |
 | Jacob Abbott - Great Britain - 1899 - 296 pages
...doing, she pronounced, in the hearing of the other members of the council, the following charge : " I give you this charge that you shall be of my privy council, and content yourself to take pain* for me and my realm. This judgment 1 have of you, that you will not be corrupted with any gift... | |
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