 | John Ford - 1869 - 342 pages
...St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Katherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved, adding the virtues of...Douglas calls the historian of the family. After quoting the preceding passage from Bacon, Sir Robert adds ; ' ' shoe wes brought from St. Michael's Mount in... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 248 pages
...where the lady Catherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved, addmg the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. The king sent in the greater diligence, not knowing whether she might be about to give birth to a child,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1876 - 364 pages
...Saint Michael's mount in Cornwall, where the lady Catharine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved ; adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. The King sent in the greater diligence, not know- 30 ing whether she might be with child, whereby the business... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1876 - 1148 pages
...Michael's Mount to take the lady Catherine Gordon, who had been left there by her husband, "whom in all fortunes she entirely loved, adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex." When she was brought to the king he treated her with great kindness: he afterwards placed her about... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Catherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved ; adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. The king sent in the greater diligence, not knowing whether she might be with child, whereby the business... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1882 - 570 pages
...St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Catherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved ; adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex, Thn king sent in the greater diligence, not know* 2 F 2 ing whether she might be with child, whereby... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Catherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved ; adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. The king sent in the greater diligence, not knowing whether she might be with child, whereby the business... | |
 | Henry Sewell Stokes - 1884 - 258 pages
...excellent beauty and virtue, and as afterwards having entirely loved her husband, in all fortunes, adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. ' When she was brought to the King,' he says, ' it was commonly said that the King received her not... | |
 | John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Katharine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved, adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex." — Bacon. Runs on my sword. Kath. Most noble sir, forbear. — What reason draws you hither, gentlemen... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...Saint Michael's Mount in Cornwall, where the Lady Katherine Gordon was left by her husband, whom in all fortunes she entirely loved ; adding the virtues of a wife to the virtues of her sex. The King sent in the greater diligence, not knowing whether she might be with child, whereby the business... | |
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When she was brought to the King, it was commonly said, that the King received her not only with compassion, but with affection; pity giving more impression... 
