 | Peter Brimacombe - 2004 - 104 trang
...manipulate the men around her. She could also display a steely resolve equal to that of any man. 'I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king and of a king of England too,' declaimed Elizabeth, astride a magnificent white... | |
 | Brenda Williams, Brian Williams - 2004 - 136 trang
...the richly patterned 'golden age' of English history that carries Elizabeth's name. THE ARMADA 7 know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king . . . ' Elizabeth I speaking to her army at Tilbury before the Armada's approach... | |
 | 2005 - 892 trang
...and the throne passed peacefully to the Stuart James VI ol Scotland as James 1 of England. « »» I know that I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king — and a king of England too. 1588 Address at Tilbury on the approach of the... | |
 | George Courtauld - 2005 - 76 trang
...To lay down for God, my kingdom and for my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a King and a King of England too and think it foul scorn that Parma or Spain or any... | |
 | Glenys Livingstone - 2005 - 357 trang
...with Matter, or there would not be a world at all. Queen Elizabeth I is known to have said, "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king." Even a woman as great as this, of such astounding achievement and wisdom, felt... | |
 | J. R. Hill - 2005 - 114 trang
...the English Channel, Queen Elizabeth addressed her troops at Tilbury with these famous words: 'I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any... | |
 | Harvey Eugene Lehman - 2005 - 505 trang
...for God, My kingdom, and for My people, My honor and My blood, even in the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and a King of England, too, and think it foul scorn that Parma, or Spain, or... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 trang
...God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders... | |
 | Michael Mitchell - 2006 - 354 trang
...notable exception of Elizabeth I herself, who felt she needed to apologize for her gender ("I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king"), political power was the preserve of men. In detailing the great political... | |
 | Andrea Mariani, Francesco Marroni - 2006 - 474 trang
...Portrait' of Queen Elizabeth I", Renaissance Quarterly, 50, 1 (Spring 1997). to have declared "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too"29. When James I of Scotland became King of England,... | |
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I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too... 
