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An Abridgement of the History of England: Being a Summary of Mr. Rapin's ... - Page 114
by Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1747
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The History of England: As Well Ecclesiastical as Civil, Volume 8

Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - Great Britain - 1731 - 582 pages
...After the King's Death, when nothing was to begot by flattering, he wrote the following Character of him. " All the Graces were in him: He had many Tongues when he " was yet but a Child: Together with the Englifl), his natural " Tongue, he had both Latin and Trench, nor was he ignorant, " as 1 hear, of...
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State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the ...

David Lloyd - Favorites, Royal - 1766 - 608 pages
...E following character is given by Cardan, a famous Italian, who writ it, after the death of Edward, and in Italy, where this prince was deemed an heretic...flattering him. " All the graces were in him. He had many <c tongues when he was yet but a child: together " with the Englifh his natural tongue, he had tc both...
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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant ..., Volume 1

Hugh Latimer - Sermons, English - 1824 - 478 pages
...Edward tlie Sixth was a very extraordinary youth, and Cardan says, " All the graces were in him , that he had many tongues when he was yet but a child; together with the English, he had both Latin and French, nor was he ignorant of the Greek, Italian, and Spanish. The...
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The History of the Reformation of the Church of England ..., Volume 2, Issue 1

Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1825 - 596 pages
...volume with his words in Latin (Collect. No. i), so it will be very fit to give them here in English. " All the graces were in him. He had many tongues when he was yet but a child : together with the English, his natural tongue, he had both Latin and French ; nor was he ignorant, as I hear, of the...
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Select Sermons

Hugh Latimer - Sermons, English - 1832 - 354 pages
...Edward the Sixth was a very extraordinary youth, and Cardan says, " All the graces were in him; that he had many tongues when he was yet but a child ; together with the English, he had both Latin and French, nor was he ignorant of the Greek, Italian, and Spanish. Ti«e...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Latimer's Sermons

English literature - 1832 - 352 pages
...Edward the Sixth was a very extraordinary youth, and Cardan says, " All the graces were in him; that he had many tongues when he was yet but a child ; together with the English, he had both Latin and French, nor was he ignorant of the Greek, Italian, and Spanish. The...
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The Life and Times of Thomas Cranmer

Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee - 1841 - 298 pages
...Edward. His testimony to the character of the young Prince is striking, as coming from a foreigner. " All the graces were in him. He had many tongues when he was yet but a child. Together with the English, his natural tongue, he had both Latin and French, nor was he ignorant of the Greek, Italian,...
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The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, Volume 1

Gilbert Burnet - Reformation - 1841 - 924 pages
...end of this volume with his words in Latin, so it will be very fit to give them here in English. " All the graces were in him : he had many tongues when he was yet but a child; together Cardan'» with the English, his natural tongue, he had both Latin and French ; nor was he Chancier...
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Instructive Extracts, Comprising Religious and Moral Instruction, Natural ...

1843 - 350 pages
...before he was eight years old, he wrote Latin letters to his father. " All the graces," says Cardan, " were in him. He had many tongues when he was yet but a child : together with the English, his natural tongue, he had both Latin and French ; nor was he ignorant, as I hear, of the...
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Little princes, anecdotes of illustrious children of all ages and countries

Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...of Edward the Sixth, in Italy, where nothing could be got or expected by flattering him. He says, " All the graces were in him: he had many tongues when he was but a child: together with the English, he had both Latin and French, nor was he ignorant of the Greek,...
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