Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . gnprinces, she appears to have always intended to keep. That she was not,however, free from the vanities and jealousies of womankind, many eventsof her life sufficiently prove, the most glaring of which is her persecution of theunfortunate Mary, queen of Scots, which must partly be ascribed to other thanpolitical feelings. Her treatme
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . gnprinces, she appears to have always intended to keep. That she was not,however, free from the vanities and jealousies of womankind, many eventsof her life sufficiently prove, the most glaring of which is her persecution of theunfortunate Mary, queen of Scots, which must partly be ascribed to other thanpolitical feelings. Her treatment of the queen of Scots can never be defended,and the feigned sorrow of Elizabeth, and the attempts to shift the odium of thedeath of her unfortunate rival from herself to others, have injured her memorymore perhaps than the deed itself. It must not be forgotten, howevery that ifin some things Elizabeth is to be blamed, the general character of her admin-istration, and the high state of prosperity to which the kingdom attained underher auspices, render her reign one of the most celebrated in English history,Her chancellor, Robert Cecil, has said, with great truth,, that she was morethan a man, and in truth sometimes less than a woman. LADY JANE GREY, 131. LADY JANE GREY, LADY JANE GREY, an illustrious female, whose accomplishments and misfor-tunes have rendered her an especial object of interest, was the daughter ofHenry Grey, marquis of Dorset (afterward duke of Suffolk), by the lady Fran-ces, daughter of Charles Brandon, dwke of Suffolk, and J\fary, younger sisterof Henry VIII. She was born in 1537, at Bradgate, her fathers seat in Lei-cestershire, and early in life gave proofs of talents of a superior order. Shewrote an incomparable hand ; played well on different instruments ; and ac-quired a knowledge of the Greek, Hebrew, and Latin, as well as of the Frenchand Italian languages, Roger Ascham has given a beautiful and affecting nar-rative of his interview with her at Brad
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