Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second, Том 2Richard Bentley, 1843 |
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... seems to have existed an intention , during the latter part of King James's reign , of tampering with the Duke's loyalty , and inviting him to join the cause of the Prince of Orange . King William , after his elevation to the throne ...
... seems to have existed an intention , during the latter part of King James's reign , of tampering with the Duke's loyalty , and inviting him to join the cause of the Prince of Orange . King William , after his elevation to the throne ...
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... seems to have been singu- larly open to superstition . In his poem of the Vision , " he says , - 66 * Works , vol . ii . p . 253 . After the death of Edmund Sheffield , second Duke of Buckingham , a greater part of the family estates ...
... seems to have been singu- larly open to superstition . In his poem of the Vision , " he says , - 66 * Works , vol . ii . p . 253 . After the death of Edmund Sheffield , second Duke of Buckingham , a greater part of the family estates ...
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... seems to have shown towards either of his former wives . " Whenever she was ill , " we are told , " or in danger , ( which generally happened when she was with child , or at her lying - in , ) he showed all possible marks of concern ...
... seems to have shown towards either of his former wives . " Whenever she was ill , " we are told , " or in danger , ( which generally happened when she was with child , or at her lying - in , ) he showed all possible marks of concern ...
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... seems to have been something more in the speech than a mere taunt . Graham was himself willing to have the story believed . The Duchess of Buckingham , and Graham's legitimate daughter , the Countess of Berkshire , were thought to bear ...
... seems to have been something more in the speech than a mere taunt . Graham was himself willing to have the story believed . The Duchess of Buckingham , and Graham's legitimate daughter , the Countess of Berkshire , were thought to bear ...
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... seems to have been that she would never have received justice at his hands , had not Lord Mansfield told him plainly that unless he satisfied the Duchess he could never show his face again . On this , Lord Bath * Walpole's Reminiscences ...
... seems to have been that she would never have received justice at his hands , had not Lord Mansfield told him plainly that unless he satisfied the Duchess he could never show his face again . On this , Lord Bath * Walpole's Reminiscences ...
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Страница 228 - Some natural tears he dropped, but wiped them soon : The world was all before him, where to choose His place of rest, and Providence his guide.
Страница 386 - Lepell) walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the king, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain, all alone, under the garden wall.
Страница 178 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Страница 389 - Hervey, wo'uld you know the passion, You have kindled in my breast? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed. " In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence known; In my eyes you'll best discover, All the power of your own.
Страница 420 - Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...
Страница 104 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest - -young man I ever knew; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners; generous, and a despiser of money.
Страница 162 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.
Страница 369 - What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
Страница 348 - ... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them.
Страница 166 - Algerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor.