The old court suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, regal, critical, and anecdotal, Том 11855 |
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... plays . It had for- merly been a court custom , as it now is again ; but Queen Elizabeth , like Queen Victoria , had the ... play of Dryden by children , one of whom was a grand - niece of Sir Isaac Newton . It may be here added , that ...
... plays . It had for- merly been a court custom , as it now is again ; but Queen Elizabeth , like Queen Victoria , had the ... play of Dryden by children , one of whom was a grand - niece of Sir Isaac Newton . It may be here added , that ...
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... play at Holland House , acted by children ; not all children , for Lady Sarah Lenox and Lady Susan Strangeways played the women . It was Jane Shore . Mr. Price , Lord Barrington's nephew , was Gloster , and acted better than three parts ...
... play at Holland House , acted by children ; not all children , for Lady Sarah Lenox and Lady Susan Strangeways played the women . It was Jane Shore . Mr. Price , Lord Barrington's nephew , was Gloster , and acted better than three parts ...
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... plays . But ladies who act plays are apt to become enchanted with actors ; and three years after this performance of Jane Shore , a catastrophe occurs at Ilchester House , which makes Horace vituperate such enchantments as loudly as if ...
... plays . But ladies who act plays are apt to become enchanted with actors ; and three years after this performance of Jane Shore , a catastrophe occurs at Ilchester House , which makes Horace vituperate such enchantments as loudly as if ...
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... is suspected to have been the son of Carr , Lord Hervey ) , the player may even have come of a better house than a Walpole ; for the Walpoles , though of an ancient , were but of a country - gentleman stock ; whereas the O'BRIEN . 17.
... is suspected to have been the son of Carr , Lord Hervey ) , the player may even have come of a better house than a Walpole ; for the Walpoles , though of an ancient , were but of a country - gentleman stock ; whereas the O'BRIEN . 17.
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... with her actor , than Lady Sarah with the baronet . So much for the plays in Holland House , and the vicissitudes in the marriages of the Foxes . CHAPTER II . HOLLAND HOUSE CONCLUDED - STEPHEN , SECOND UNEQUAL MARRIAGES . 19.
... with her actor , than Lady Sarah with the baronet . So much for the plays in Holland House , and the vicissitudes in the marriages of the Foxes . CHAPTER II . HOLLAND HOUSE CONCLUDED - STEPHEN , SECOND UNEQUAL MARRIAGES . 19.
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