| 400 trang
...used if she did not, she cried out, " Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever lauded at these stairs; and before thee, O God, I speak it, having none other friend than thee." The White tower is a large quadrangular structure, measuring on its north... | |
| John Timbs - 1865 - 372 trang
...and then, as she set her foot on the dreaded stairs, she cried out aloud — " Here landeth as good a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these...stairs : and before Thee, O God, I speak it, having none other friends but Thee." A few minutes afterwards found her a fast prisoner, and, as tradition... | |
| 1865 - 708 trang
...dash) refused. So she coming out, having one foot upon the stair, said, "Here landeth as true a subject as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God, I speak it, having none other friends but thee alone.' " She remained in close custody for about a month, after which... | |
| William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald-de-Ros De Ros, William Lennox Lascelles Fitzgerald Baron De Ros - 1866 - 358 trang
...she indignantly refused it, and, as she set her foot upon the steps, said with her wonted spirit, " Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner,...stairs, and before Thee, O God, I speak it, having none other friends but Thee ! " On her ascending into the fortress, she found the Guards and Warders... | |
| 1853 - 322 trang
...reminded her that she had no choice, she stepped proudly np on to the stair, and said solemnly — " Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner,...landed at these stairs ; and before Thee, O God, I ipeak it, having none other friends than Thee." Opposite to the Traitor's Gate is the Bloody Tower... | |
| 1868 - 292 trang
...from her with indignation, and, as she set her foot upon the landing-stairs, exclaimed : " Here lands as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs. Before Thee, 0 God, I speak it, having no other friend but Thee alone !" But God had inclined many... | |
| William Hepworth Dixon - 1869 - 454 trang
...prouder than her looks — for in her youth she had none of that leonine beauty of her later years — ' Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner,...these stairs ; and before Thee, O God, I speak it.' Perhaps she was thinking of her mother, who had landed on the neighbouring wharf. Anne had fallen on... | |
| William Hepworth Dixon - 1869 - 442 trang
...prouder than her looks — for in her youth she had none of that leonine beauty of her later years — ' Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before Thee, 0 God, I speak it.' Perhaps she was thinking of her mother, who had landed on the neighbouring wharf... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1870 - 530 trang
...Sir Thomas Wyatt's schemes was sent to the Tower, and as she entered traitor's gate she exclaimed, " Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner,...these stairs ; and before thee, O God, I speak it." The pedant James frequently amused himself with witnessing the coinbats of the wild beasts then kept... | |
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