 | George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 810 pages
...At Tilbury, Queen Elizabeth reviewed her troops on horseback, saying to them in a spirited speech, " I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman,...stomach of a king, and of a king of England too." The tempest, aiding the valor of the English seamen, dispersed the great fleet. No landing was effected,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 240 pages
...lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and 6 stomach of a king — ay, and of a king of England too — and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain,... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - London (England) - 1887 - 468 pages
...in helmet and corslet, and using the bold and wellknown words : 'I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of Bngland too !' The large docks at Tilbury (Tilbury Grand Hotel) were opened in 1886. R. Gravesend,... | |
 | Karl Baedeker (Firm) - London (England) - 1887 - 482 pages
...corslet, and using the bold and wellknown words: 'I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman, but 1 have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too I' The large docks at Tilbury (Tilbury Grand Hotel) were opened in 1886. R. Gravesend, see below. B.... | |
 | Arthur Howard Galton - English prose literature - 1888 - 368 pages
...down for my God, and for my Kingdoms, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman...and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too ; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders... | |
 | Susan Groag Bell - History - 2004 - 294 pages
...and 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. 44 Whether a Renaissance audience interpreted such words as those of a courageous and merciful monarch... | |
 | Derek B. Alwes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 212 pages
...herself, of course, is famous for the way she manipulated her gender roles — "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" — demonstrating her willingness to participate in the larger discourse of power to which everyone... | |
 | Peter Brimacombe - History - 2004 - 104 pages
...around her. She could also display a steely resolve equal to that of any man. '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,' declaimed Elizabeth, astride a magnificent white charger, reviewing her troops as her kingdom was threatened... | |
 | Dror Wahrman - Psychology - 2004 - 444 pages
...Queen Elizabeth, in her famous horseback speech at Tilbury before the defeat of the Spanish Armada ("I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble...woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king"). In fact, Elizabeth's eighteenth-century reputation went through a transformation much like Margaret's.... | |
 | Elizabeth I (Queen of England) - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 412 pages
...lay down, for my God and for my kingdom and for my people, my honor and my blood even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, [15 and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma, or Spain,2 or any prince of Europe... | |
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I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a King, and of a King of England too... 
