Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second, Том 2 |
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... manner . It was during his consequent absence from Court , and cessation from State employments , that the Duke occupied himself in constructing his celebrated house in St. James's Park , on the site of which the present Buckingham ...
... manner . It was during his consequent absence from Court , and cessation from State employments , that the Duke occupied himself in constructing his celebrated house in St. James's Park , on the site of which the present Buckingham ...
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... manners and cus- toms of the period . It may be remarked , that as late as the reign of George the First , it was usual , on the death of a husband , for a lady of any consequence to receive company in solemn state . The apartments ...
... manners and cus- toms of the period . It may be remarked , that as late as the reign of George the First , it was usual , on the death of a husband , for a lady of any consequence to receive company in solemn state . The apartments ...
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... manner to those set apart for crowned heads . When in France , too , she refused to pay her respects at Versailles , on the ground that the French Court refused her the rank of a princess of the blood . 6 The anecdotes which we have ...
... manner to those set apart for crowned heads . When in France , too , she refused to pay her respects at Versailles , on the ground that the French Court refused her the rank of a princess of the blood . 6 The anecdotes which we have ...
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... obligation to himself . The manner in which the wily states- man accomplished his purpose , not only affords remarkable evidence of his talent for intrigue , but discovers on how slender a foundation the fate of 40 ROBERT HARLEY ,
... obligation to himself . The manner in which the wily states- man accomplished his purpose , not only affords remarkable evidence of his talent for intrigue , but discovers on how slender a foundation the fate of 40 ROBERT HARLEY ,
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... manners , the reputation of which has not yet faded , he figures as a brilliant writer and a still more brilliant orator ; his am- bition , moreover , assumed a higher and more romantic character ; while the meteor - like splen- dour of ...
... manners , the reputation of which has not yet faded , he figures as a brilliant writer and a still more brilliant orator ; his am- bition , moreover , assumed a higher and more romantic character ; while the meteor - like splen- dour of ...
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Страница 365 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal...
Страница 380 - 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 413 - The next day, while I was heated with what I had heard, I wrote a letter to Mr. Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that, if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should...
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 368 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flowery theme, ' A painted mistress, or a purling stream.
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 344 - ... 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 219 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me," And with that rose up and cried, "March on, boys!
Страница 212 - Flavia the least and slightest toy, Can with resistless art employ. This fan in meaner hands would prove An engine of small force in love ; But she with such an air and mien, Not to be told, or safely seen, Directs its wanton motions so, That it wounds more than Cupid's bow : Gives coolness to the matchless dame, To every other breast a flame.
Страница 199 - I said to my heart, between sleeping and waking, ' Thou wild thing that always art leaping or aching, What black, brown, or fair, in what clime, in what nation, By turns has not taught thee a pit-a-pat-ation ? ' " Thus accused, the wild thing gave this sober reply : ' See, the heart without motion, though Celia pass by ! Not the beauty she has, not the wit that she borrows, Give the eye any joys, or the heart any sorrows. « ' When our Sappho appears, — she, whose wit so refined I am forced to...