 Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive me of my Ladies, and I suppose they would deprive me next of my dressers and my housemaids; they wished to treat me like a girl, but I will show them that I am Queen of England.  The Dublin Review - Page 66edited by - 1888Full view - About this book
 | 1885 - 676 pages
...question of the dismissal of the Ladies of the Bedchamber, when the young queen of nineteen declared, " They wished to treat me like a girl, but I will show them I am Queen of England ! " and wrote letters which would not have done discredit to Elizabeth. Tbe description... | |
 | Charles Greville - 1885 - 468 pages
...written in a bitter spirit, and in a strain such as Elizabeth might have used. She said, ' Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...girl, but I will show them that I am Queen of England ! ' They consulted, and a suggestion was thrown out that Lady Normanby (and some other I think) should... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1886 - 550 pages
...written in a bitter spirit, and in a strain such as Elizabeth might have osed. She said, ' Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...suppose they would deprive me next of my dressers and housemaids; they wished to treat me as a girl, but«I will show them that I am Queen of England.' The... | |
 | 1887 - 468 pages
...letter from the Queen, written in a strain such as Elizabeth might have used. She said : ' Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...; but I will show them that I am Queen of England ! ' A letter was composed for her Majesty, and in accordance with its terms she wrote to Sir Robert... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1887 - 148 pages
...changed, and to this the Queen would not submit. She was much attached to her ladies. She wrote, " They wanted to deprive me of my ladies, and, I suppose,...deprive me next of my dressers and my housemaids, but I will show them that I am Queen of England." It was altogether a misunderstanding, for Sir Robert... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1887 - 730 pages
...a very different woman and sovereign from the weak-minded Anne. With indignation, she wrote: — " They wanted to deprive me of my ladies, and I suppose...would deprive me next of my dressers and my housemaids ; but I will show them that I am queen of England." And show them she did. and the Conservatives were... | |
 | Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett - 1895 - 296 pages
...never have arisen ; but as it was there was a deadlock. The Queen wrote to Melbourne : " Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...girl, but I will show them that I am Queen of England ! " Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell advised the Queen that she was quite right, and supported... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1897 - 188 pages
...withdrew. Then the Queen sat down, and wrote a note to Lord Melbourne: — " Do not fear," she said, "that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to...suppose they would deprive me next of my dressers and housemaids ; they wished to treat me like a girl, but I will show them that I am Queen of England."... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1897 - 180 pages
...withdrew. Then the Queen sat down, and wrote a note to Lord Melbourne: — " Do not fear," she said, " that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...suppose they would deprive me next of my dressers and housemaids ; they wished to treat me like a girl, but I will show them that I am Queen of England."... | |
 | 1901 - 884 pages
..."in a bitter spirit and in a strain such as Elizabeth might have used." In it she said: "Do not fear that I was not calm and composed. They wanted to deprive...but I will show them that I am Queen of England." The Whig Ministers, animated by a natural chivalrousness to save the young and sensitive Sovereign... | |
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