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" No, Robin, I am not well;' and then discoursed to me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs. I was grieved, at the first, to see... "
Resurrecting Elizabeth I in Seventeenth-century England - Page 43
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The Universal magazine, Volume 14

540 pages
...told her it was my chiet'est happiness to see her in safety, and in health, vvliich I wished mi^ht long continue. She took me by the hand, and wrung • it hard, and said, "No, HI. bin, Iain not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been...
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A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland ..., Volume 2

Horace Walpole - English literature - 1806 - 426 pages
...familiarity. Visiting her in her last illness, and praying that her health might long continue, she took him by the hand and wrung it hard, and said, " No, Robin, I am not well," and fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs; which he professes he never knew her to do in all...
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Memoirs of Robert Carey, written by himself. And, Fragmenta regalia, by sir ...

Robert Carey (1st earl of Monmouth.) - 1808 - 350 pages
...ill disposed, and she kept her inner lodging; yet she, hearing of my arrival, sent for me. * 1602. I found her in one of her withdrawing chambers, sitting...me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, " No, Robhij I am not well/' and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been...
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Select Reviews, Volume 5

1812 - 470 pages
...found her in one of her withdrawing chambers, sitting low upon her cushions. She called me to her; 1 kissed her hand, and told her it was my chiefest happiness...of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sud and heavy for ten or twelve days; and in her discourse.she fetched not so few as forty or fifty...
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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1826 - 542 pages
...chiefest happiness to see her in safety and in health, which I wished might long continue. She took mebytk hand, and wrung it hard ; and said, ' No, Robin. I am not well ;' and then discoursed with me of ha indisposition ; and that her heart had been sail and heavy for ten or twelve days ; and in her discourse...
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The History of the Reigns of Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 2

Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1835 - 690 pages
...her. I kissed her hand, and told her it was my chiefest happiness to see her in safety and in health. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said,' No, Robin ! I am not well;' and then discoursed to me of her indisposition, and that /« r In in t had been sad'and heavy for ten or twelve days. In...
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The History of England from the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth ...

Sharon Turner - Great Britain - 1835 - 642 pages
...her. I kissed her hand, and told her it was my chiefest happiness to see her in safety and in health. She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said, ' V', Robin ! I am not well;' and then discoursed to me of her indisposition, and that In r heart had...
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The gallery of portraits: with memoirs ...

Biography - 1835 - 492 pages
...relates, with the quaintness of the time, the circumstances of his visit to her on her deathbed. " She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days ; and in her discourse she fetched not...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

Biography - 1836 - 300 pages
...relates, with the quaintness of the time, the circumstances of his visit to her on her deathbed. " She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days ; and in her discourse she fetched not...
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Distinguished Men of Modern Times, Volume 1

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1838 - 542 pages
...relates, with the quaintness of the time, the circumstances of his visit to her on her death-bed. " She took me by the hand, and wrung it hard, and said that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days ; and in her discourse she fetched not...
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