The Queen's Comrade: The Life and Times of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, Том 1Hutchinson & Company, 1901 - 658 страници |
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... continued cold to him , and in a letter addressed to her maid , Mrs. Elizabeth Mowdie , he complains . " Your mistress's usage to me is so barbarous that sure she must be the worst woman in the world , or else she would not be thus ill ...
... continued cold to him , and in a letter addressed to her maid , Mrs. Elizabeth Mowdie , he complains . " Your mistress's usage to me is so barbarous that sure she must be the worst woman in the world , or else she would not be thus ill ...
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... continued to gain its influence over the plastic mind of her royal mistress , who looked to her for guidance , and when absent from the favourite wrote to her continually . In one of these letters penned at Winchester where she rested ...
... continued to gain its influence over the plastic mind of her royal mistress , who looked to her for guidance , and when absent from the favourite wrote to her continually . In one of these letters penned at Winchester where she rested ...
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... continued al ser selben longer be quoral om m at a time when orting of Orange coming me Majesty . The te believed by a great I never Sid betere to possibility left of charming to news I .. " g her about n exercising ! closet " at ship ...
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... continued until her deliberate betrayal of him could no longer be ignored . " I am much troubled what to say at a time when nothing is talked of but the Prince of Orange coming over with an army , " writes Her Majesty . " This has been ...
... continued until her deliberate betrayal of him could no longer be ignored . " I am much troubled what to say at a time when nothing is talked of but the Prince of Orange coming over with an army , " writes Her Majesty . " This has been ...
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... continued within reach of his son - in - law's power . After many bitter humiliations his spirit broke , and bent upon his own downfall , at a moment when the reaction in his favour was visible , he resolved to take refuge in France ...
... continued within reach of his son - in - law's power . After many bitter humiliations his spirit broke , and bent upon his own downfall , at a moment when the reaction in his favour was visible , he resolved to take refuge in France ...
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Страница 99 - Interests ; and though my dutiful Behaviour to your Majesty in the worst of Times, (for which I acknowledge my poor Services much over-paid) may not be sufficient to incline You to a charitable Interpretation of my Actions ; yet I hope, the great Advantage I enjoy under Your Majesty, which I can never expect in any other change of Government, may reasonably convince Your Majesty, and the World, that I am acted by a higher Principle, when I offer that violence to my Inclination and Interest, as to...
Страница 306 - Marlborough's kindness, especially at a time when he deserves all that a rich crown could give. But since there is nothing else at this time, I hope you will give me leave as soon as he comes to make him a duke. I know my dear Mrs Freeman...
Страница 90 - tis possible it may be her child, [the queen's,] but where one believes it, a thousand do not. For my part, except they do give very plain demonstrations, (which 'tis almost impossible now,) I shall ever be of the number of the unbelievers.
Страница 295 - The word Church had never any charm for me in the mouths of those who made the most noise with it...
Страница 162 - ... to Kensington as often as I can for air, but then I can never be quite alone ; neither can I complain — that would be some ease ; but I have nobody whose humour and circumstances agree with mine enough to speak my mind freely.
Страница 135 - For whatever Necessity there was of deposing King James, he was still her Father, who had been so lately driven from that Chamber and that Bed; and if she felt no Tenderness, I thought she should at least have looked grave or even pensively sad at so melancholy a Reverse of his Fortune.
Страница 240 - And now it being quickly known that the quarrel was made up, nothing was to be seen but crowds of people of all sorts flocking to Berkeley House to pay their respects to the prince and princess ; a sudden alteration which I remember occasioned the half-witted Lord...
Страница 90 - My dear sister can't imagine the concern and vexation I have been in, that I should be so unfortunate to be out of town when the queen was brought to bed ; for I shall never now be satisfied, whether the child be true or false.
Страница 136 - Whitehall ; lay in the same bed and apartment where the late Queene lay, and within a night or two sate down to play at basset, as the Queene her predecessor used to do.
Страница 298 - It is impossible to express with what a heavy heart I parted with you when I was by the water's side. I could have given my life to have come back, though I knew my own weakness so much that I durst not, for I knew I should have exposed myself to the company. I did for a great while, with a perspective glass, look upon the cliffs, in hopes I might have had one sight of you.