| Oliver Goldsmith - 1771 - 468 Seiten
...eloquence could prevail on a tyrant, whofe paflions were to be influenced by none of the nobler motives; the queen and her brother were tried by A jury of...crime of inceft was urged againft them is unknown j the chief evidence, it is faid, amounted to no more, than that Rochford had been feen to lean on... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1777 - 374 Seiten
...his crime and accufe his miftrefs; but he rejected the propolal with contempt, and died profcffing her innocence, .and his own. The queen and her brother...againft them is unknown; the chief evidence, it is laid, amounted to no more, than that Rochford had been feen to lean on her bed before fome company.... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1789 - 344 Seiten
...the queen and her brother wtre tried by a jury of peers j but upon what proof or pretence Che.crime of inceft was urged againft them is unknown; the chief...faid, amounted to no more, than that Rochford had been feen to lean on her bed before fome company. Part of the charge againft her was, that fhe had declared... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 488 Seiten
...of Norfolk prefided as high fteward. Upon what proof or pretence the crime of inceft was imputed to them is unknown : The chief evidence, it is faid, amounted to no more than that Rocheford had been feen to lean on her bed before fome company. Part of the charge againft her was,... | |
| David Hume - 1789 - 430 Seiten
...nothing , and he would rather die a thoufand deaths than calumniate an innocent perfon. Her triil, THE queen and her brother were tried by a jury of peers, confiding of the duke of Suffolk , the marquis of Exeter, the earl of Arundcl , and twenty -three more:... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1803 - 498 Seiten
...generously rejected the proposal ; and said, that in his conscience he believed her entirely guiltless. The queen and her brother were tried by a jury of peers; the chief evidence amounted to no more than that Rocheford had been seen to lean on her bed, before... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1803 - 396 Seiten
...profeffing her innocence and his own. '' v The queen'and her brother were tried by a jury of peers v. but upon what proof or pretence the crime of inceft was urged againft them is unknown j the chief evidence, > it is 1'iiil, amounted to no more than that Rochford had' been feen to lean... | |
| Mary Hays - 1803 - 414 Seiten
...her of nothing ; and that rather than calumniate an innocent person, he would die a thousand deaths. The queen and her brother were tried by a jury of peers ; their uncle, the duke of Norfolk, presiding as lord high-steward. The evidence of incest amounted... | |
| Mary Hays - 1803 - 414 Seiten
...her of nothing ; and that rather than calumniate an innocent person, he would die a thousand deaths. The queen and her brother were tried by a jury of peers \ their uncle, the duke of Norfolk, presiding as lord high-steward. The evidence of incest amounted... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 346 Seiten
...his crime and. accuse his mistress ; but he rejected the proposal with contempt, and died professing her innocence and his own.. , . . The queen and her...peers ; - but upon what proof or pretence the crime of incest was urged against them is unknown ; the chief evidence, it is said, amounted to no more, than... | |
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