...slumber, which continued some hours, and, on the 24th of March 1603, she expired gently without a groan, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. 9. In delineating the character of Queen Elizabeth, it ought in justice to be stated, that her conduct...

...when her speech failed her, her gestures were devout and significant. She died on the 24th of March, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. To say something of this princess by way of description : she seems to have been formed by nature and...

...world where " every one must give an account of himself to God." Thus died the celebrated Elizabeth, in the seventieth year of her age and the forty-fifth of her reign ; a princess whose vigorous and sagacious mind, aided by the able men whom she always selected to form...

...profound melancholy, which all the glories of her administration were unable to alleviate ; and expired in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign; having expressed a desire that the king of Scotland should succeed her. Few sovereigns have displayed...

...forgive her. She only lived two years after this, and her sorrow became every day more bitter; she died in the seventieth year of her age and the forty-fifth of her reign. Short Lessons to be committed to memory. (Juecn Elizabeth. Character — Proud, haughty, passionate,...

...command united Scotland with the crowns of England and Ireland. She expired on the 24th of March, 1603, in the seventieth year of her age; and the forty-fifth of her reign. L ' CHAPTER II. JAMES I. 1603—1625. JAMES found the assurances which Robert Cecil had privately made...

...The queen, soon after this, sunk into a gloomy and melancholy state; and she died in the year 1C03, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. QUESTIONS. 1. In what year did queen Mary of England die ? 2. Who became queen after her ? 3. What...

...She soon sank into a heavy slumber ; and when it had continued some hours, expired without a groan in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. Elizabeth, by her wise government, raised England to a high pitch of prosperity and power. She governed,...

...and, after having signified her assent to the nomination of James of Scotland as her successor, died in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. Elizabeth, by her wise government, raised England to a high pitch of prosperity and power. She governed,...

...should succeed her ; and who could that be but her cousin of Scotland ? She died on the 24th of March, in the seventieth year of her age, and the forty-fifth of her reign. Elizabeth understood the art of reigning in an eminent degree. Her wise ministers, and her brave warriors,...