...happiness of himself and his family, to the aggrandizement of her children by Sir William Cavendish. To sum up her character— she was a woman of a masculine...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to...

...She w»sa woman of a masculine understanding and conduct ; proud, furious, stilish, and unfeeling; a builder, a buyer and seller of estates, a money-lender, a farmer, and a trader in lead, coals, and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately...

...following character is given by Lodge, in his Illustrations of British History. "She was a woman of masculine understanding and conduct, proud, furious,...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to...

...disposition of his fortune, to the utter prejudice of bis daughters by a former wife ; and now, undated with the wealth and caresses of three husbands, she...coals, and timber. She lived to a great old age, and rf. in 1607, immensely rich." The F.arl of Shrewsbury was J. in 1590, by hia eldest surviving son,...

...Lodge in his Illustrations of British History gives the following summary of it : " She was a woman of masculine understanding and conduct, proud, furious,...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to...

...Lodge in his Illustrations of British History gives the following summary of it : " She was a woman of masculine understanding and conduct, proud, furious,...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber. When disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to...

...of her children by Sir William Cavendish. To sum up her character with the brevity here required — she was a woman of a masculine understanding and conduct...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber : when disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always...

...aggrandizement of her children by Sir William Cavendish. To sum up her character with the brevity here required —she was a woman of a masculine understanding and...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber: when disengaged from these employments, she intrigued alternately with Elizabeth and Mary, always to...

...Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, who built Hardwick, in Derbyshire, in 1570, was said to have been a builder, a buyer and seller of estates, a money-lender,...farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and timber. A curious prophecy is mentioned relating to this lady, viz., that whenever she discontinued building...

...sinking into depression. She was not, indeed, like the famous Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, " a builder, a buyer and seller of estates, a money-lender, a farmer, and a merchant of lead, coals, and tinder;'" but she was forced to exercise the jurisdiction of her castle fort, with masculine energy;...