 I remember when he dubbed me Knight, in the ceremony of putting the point of a naked sword upon my shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it, but turned his face another way, insomuch, that, in lieu of touching my shoulder, he had almost thrust the...  The Royal Tribes of Wales - Page 90by Philip Yorke - 1799 - 194 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Kenelm Digby - 1664 - 180 pages
...turned his face another way ; infomuch that in lieu of touching my flioulder, he had almoft thruft the point into my eyes , had not the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright. I alleged her divers fuch ftories, to make her apprehend that a ftrong imagination of the mother might... | |
 | James Granger - Great Britain - 1774 - 556 pages
...turned his face another way ; infomuch that, in lieu of «' touching my moulder, he had almoft thruft the point into my eyes, had not the «« duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright*" I (hall only add to what fir Kenelm hasobferved, that James difcovered fo many marks of pufillanimity,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1800 - 490 pages
...his face another way; ' infomuch, that, in lieu of touching • my moulder, he had almoft thrufi « the point into my eyes, had not the « Duke of Buckingham...knighted old Sir William Morice, of Clenenneu, in Carnarvonfhire, and turning upon him, after he quitted his fword, • By « Chrift,' fays the king,... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 470 pages
...particular. I remember, adds he, when he dub'd me knight, in the ceremony of putting a naked sword upon my shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it,...not the duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright'." • Melvil, p. 64. b Spotswood, p. 195. c Digby of the Power of Sympathy, p. 188. at the end of his... | |
 | William Harris - 1814 - 458 pages
...particular.. I remember, adds he, when he dub'd me knight, in the ceremony of putting a naked sword upon my shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it,...eyes, had not the duke of Buckingham guided his hand arightc." • Melvil, p. 64. * Spotswood, p. 195. c Digby of the Power of Sympathy, p. 188. at the... | |
 | James Granger - Great Britain - 1824 - 580 pages
...particular. I remember, when he dubbed me knight, in the ceremony of putting the point of a naked sword upon my shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it,...the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright."}: I shall only add to what Sir Kenelm has observed, that James discovered so many marks of pusillanimity,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...in this respect. I remember, when he dubbed me knight, in the ceremony of putting a naked sword upon my .shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it,...the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright."— On the Power of Sympathy, p. 188, 4to. 1669. The pathologists of the time accounted for this infirmity... | |
 | James Granger - 1824 - 800 pages
...another way, insomuch that, in lieu of touching my shoulder, he had almost thrust the point into ray eyes, had not the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright."( I shall only add to what Sir Kenelm has observed, that James discovered so many marks of pusillanimity,... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 692 pages
...I remember when he dubbed me knight, in the ceremony of putting a naked sword upon my shoulder, lie could not endure to look upon it, but turned his face...not the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright." Such is the earliest record preceding the birth of the ill-fated head of the House of Stuart upon the... | |
 | 1839 - 366 pages
...particular. I remember when he dubbed me knight, in the ceremony of putting the point of a naked sword upon my shoulder, he could not endure to look upon it,...not the Duke of Buckingham guided his hand aright." This monarch gained some credit by his book of instructions to his son Henry, entitled Basilicon Doron,... | |
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