... Gath, where was man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot. Ann Boleyn, so celebrated for her beauty and her misfortunes, had six fingers on her right band. Pliny speaks of two sisters who had ...

... Institute. —The Earl of Enniskillen in the chair. A description Hevcr Castle, Essex, the family seat of tha Boleyns, and the birthplace of Anne, was read ; and another on the sculptured figures Goodrich Castle, thought to be the work of some prisoner in ...

... applied to Wolsey, and was greatly displeased because fie made no effort assist him, and having subsequently married Anno Boleyn, stripped Wolscy of all his dignities, pomp, and wealth who in twelve monihs after died of broken heart Leicester Abbey, aged ...

... liberty.—Madame IteSUel, serious.—Grothit Into tl.y hands. Lord, - Tasso. It Is small—very small Indeed—(clasping her neck.)— Anne Boleyn. *1 pray you see me safe up. and for coming down let me shift for mvself. (Ascending the scaffold.)-Sir Thomas More. Don’t ...

... churches, banishing thousands of men, murdering several wives, debauching scores of the reformed nobility, aod marrying Anne Boleyn, kis own daughter. Home says of Henry:— “Unlike most monarchs who judge^lightly the crime of gallantry, and who deem the ...

... Horne led to the Refonnali-ui. The pride of Henry VHI. and hi* love for Anne Boleyn led to the like re. suit England; and a poet has said ,4 that Gospel first bssroed from Boleyn’* eyes. In 1637. the lime the Nonconformists were persecuted, the Oore'n ...

... 1465 Edward V 1483 Never married. Richard 111 1483 Ann Neville,.. 1471 House of Tudor. , „ Henry 1485 Elizabeth of York 1486 Henry 1509 Catherine of Arragoa,.. 1009 A.Boleyn,3l, J.Seyirour 1538 Ann of Cleves.C. Hovard 1540 Catharine Parr, 1543 ...

... 17 to May and Contains several engravings executed iu the highest style art. Of the biography we may mention St. Alenin, Anne Boleyn, Boswell, Lin mens, and John Calvin. the oddities of life we have remarkable specimens iik the de lusionsuf John Mason, ...

... ” It would appear, however, from the following passage in Stow's Chronicles, where he describes the coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn, that the convenience provided the ladies for the King of Dahomey was for purpose the reverse of that for which it was used ...

... Archery. Lt is recorded that ihe privy purse of Henry VIII. was charged with the expenses of Archery ujcoutremenis supplied to Ann Boleyn; and that Queen Elizabeth also indulged in the pastime. It is, however, with modern Archeiy I have to deal, and this.extends ...

... the Temple was rebuilt by Henry VliL, and that the Reformation was brought about by the marriage of Herod the Great and Anne Boleyn. Names, there fore, 1 cannot recollect. Look over a Court Guide,’ suggests Pytcher. Capital notion, if we had a Court Guide ...

... for the historic legends connected with it. In the reign Henry HI., it was Royal residence, and was for time the abode of Anne Boleyn. afterwards became the property of Oliver Cromwell, and at the Restoration was purchased the Duke of Albemarle, since which ...