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" Yea I believe, that beside her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor more Greek every day than some prebendary of this church doth read Latin in a whole week. "
A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland ... - Page 96
by Horace Walpole - 1806
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pages
...orderly, and constantly for the increase of learning and knowledge as doth the queen's majesty herself. Yea, I believe that beside her perfect readiness in...Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here more Greek every day than some prebendary of this church doth read Latin in a whole week. And that...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - Biography - 1799 - 582 pages
...and constantly for the increase of learning and knowledge as doth the queen's majesty herself. Yea, 1 believe that beside her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she rcadeth here more Greek every day than some prebendary of this church doth read Latin in a whole week....
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 5

David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...increase of learning and knowledge as doth the " queen's majesty herself. Yea, I believe that, besides " her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and " Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor more Greek " every day, than some prebendary of this church doth '' Latin in a whole week....
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Literary recreations, or, Moral, historical and religious essays

Henry Card - Literature - 1811 - 304 pages
...attainments of his royal pupil Elizabeth, observes, to use his own words, " Yea, I believe, that besides her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor, more Greek every day, than some .prebendary of this church doth Latin in a whole week." See...
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The American Review of History and Politics, and General ..., Volume 4

Europe - 1812 - 500 pages
...attainments of his royal pupil Elizabeth, observes, to use his own words, " Yea, I believe, that besides her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor, more Greek every day, than some prebendary of this church doth Latin in a whole week." See...
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The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution ...

David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...increase of learning and knowledge " as doth the Queen's Majesty herself. Yea, I believe " that, besides her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, *' French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor *' more Greek every day, than some prebendary of this " church doth Latin in a whole week....
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The English Works of Roger Ascham: Preceptor to Queen Elizabeth

Roger Ascham - Archery - 1815 - 428 pages
...orderly, and constantly, for the increase of learning and knowledge, as doth the Queen's Majesty herself. Yea I believe, that beside her perfect readiness in...Italian, French, and Spanish, * she readeth here now at Windsor more Greek every day, than some prebendary of this church doth read Latin in a whole week....
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An Historical Sketch of the Progress of Knowledge in England: From the ...

James George Barlace - England - 1819 - 408 pages
...recorded with rapture, by Roger Ascham, in his Schoolmaster: " yea, I believe," says he, " that besides her perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, she readeth here now at Windsor, more Greek e'very day, than some prebendary of this chufch, dothe read Latin in a whole week."...
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Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion, and Other Various ...

John Strype - England - 1824 - 608 pages
...for the increase of learning and knowledge, as doth the " queen's majesty herself. Yea, he believed, that beside her " perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, " she read there at Windsor more Greek every day, than " some prebendaries of that church did read Latin...
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Historical and Biographical Works: Annals of the reformation. 1824 [v.8-13 ...

John Strype - 1824 - 608 pages
...for the increase of learning and knowledge, as doth the " queen's majesty herself. Yea, fie believed, that beside her " perfect readiness in Latin, Italian, French, and Spanish, " she read there at Windsor more Greek every day, than " some prebendaries of that church did read Latin...
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