 | Andrea Mariani, Francesco Marroni - 2006 - Страниц: 474
...of Queen Elizabeth I", Renaissance Quarterly, 50, 1 (Spring 1997). to have declared "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and a king of England too"29. When James I of Scotland became King of England,... | |
 | Michael Mitchell - 2006 - Страниц: 354
...notable exception of Elizabeth I herself, who felt she needed to apologize for her gender ("I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king"), political power was the preserve of men. In detailing the great political... | |
 | Donald Olson - 2006 - Страниц: 482
...by English piracy and exploration in the New World, sent his much-feared Armada to attack England. "I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman," Elizabeth told her troops, "but I have the heart and stomach of a king." England won the sea battle... | |
 | Richard Tames - 2006 - Страниц: 332
...her troops at Tilbury, so her famously defiant speech was really an exercise in spin: "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king and of a king of England, too." Stirring stuff, but how she would have been heard... | |
 | Julia Ross - 2007 - Страниц: 356
...troops at Tilbury before the Armada." "Ah," Sarah said. "One of the most famous speeches in history: 'I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king — and of a king of England, too — ' " "' — and think foul scorn that Parma... | |
 | John Davey - 2007 - Страниц: 405
...Speaking to her troops at Tilbury on the approach of the Spanish Armada in 1588 she said: "I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and think foul scorn that Parma of Spain or any... | |
 | Elliott M. Simon - 2007 - Страниц: 622
...for God, for my kingdom and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too." Cited in Paul Johnson, Elizabeth I: A Biography... | |
 | Karen Weekes - 2007 - Страниц: 488
...the way my body is shaped. -DREW BARRYMORE (1975-) • AMERICAN ACTOR AND PRODUCER • I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England, too. -QUEEN ELIZABETH I (1533-1603) • QUEEN OF ENGLAND... | |
 | Jeremy Paxman - 2008 - Страниц: 386
...speech at Tilbury before the expected Spanish invasion in 1588, Elizabeth I spoke of knowing she had 'the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too'. Among the most touching parts of the personal... | |
 | Anka Muhlstein - 2007 - Страниц: 428
...God, and for my kingdom and for my people, mine honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too; and I take foul scorn that Parma or any prince... | |
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I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too... 
