I am afraid that I have been tempted into too great length about the Italian Catherine; but in truth she has been my favourite.

What a woman! What a devil! Pity that a second Dante could not have constructed for her a special hell.

How one traces the effect of her training in the life of our Scotch Mary.

I trust you will go with me in my view as to the Queen of Scots.

Guilty! guilty always! Adultery, murder, treason, and all the rest of it.
But recommended to mercy because she was royal.