History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles, 1713-1783, Band 2J. Murray, 1839 |
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... Duchess of Kendal 162 His interview with the King . The King sets out for Hanover ..... ............ 163 164 His illness and death , on his journey ....................................... .. 165 Account of his Consort , Sophia ...
... Duchess of Kendal 162 His interview with the King . The King sets out for Hanover ..... ............ 163 164 His illness and death , on his journey ....................................... .. 165 Account of his Consort , Sophia ...
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... " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . 66 66 XI . 1720 . selves partaken of it 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
... " beloved child : though perhaps you may say , if he loves it no " better than his son , it may not be saying much ! " ( Duchess of Ormond to Swift , April 18. 1720 . 66 66 XI . 1720 . selves partaken of it 14 HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
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... Duchess of Kendal had 10,000l .; another of the King's favourites , Madame de Platen , with laudable impartiality , had the same sum ; nor were the two nieces of the latter forgotten . Against these ladies no steps were , nor , perhaps ...
... Duchess of Kendal had 10,000l .; another of the King's favourites , Madame de Platen , with laudable impartiality , had the same sum ; nor were the two nieces of the latter forgotten . Against these ladies no steps were , nor , perhaps ...
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... Duchess replied with a noble and becoming spirit . She declared that if she were only thirty instead of sixty she would not allow even the Emperor of the world to succeed in that heart which had been devoted to John , Duke of ...
... Duchess replied with a noble and becoming spirit . She declared that if she were only thirty instead of sixty she would not allow even the Emperor of the world to succeed in that heart which had been devoted to John , Duke of ...
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... Duchess of Kendal , to whom his purse was full of irresistible arguments . The animosity of the Whig party in general was , however , at that time , so strong as to form an almost insuperable bar to his return ; and a rumour of it , in ...
... Duchess of Kendal , to whom his purse was full of irresistible arguments . The animosity of the Whig party in general was , however , at that time , so strong as to form an almost insuperable bar to his return ; and a rumour of it , in ...
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affairs afterwards answer appeared Appendix Atterbury Bill Bishop Bishop Atterbury Bolingbroke Bourbon Brodrick Carteret CHAP Chesterfield Church Court Coxe's Walpole death declared Duchess of Kendal Duke of Newcastle Duke of Wharton Earl Emperor England English favour Fleury France friends genius George Gibraltar Government Hanover Hist honour hopes Horace Walpole House of Commons House of Lords Inverness Jacobites James James's King King's Lady less letter LITERA Lockhart Lord Midleton Lord Townshend Madame de Prie Madrid Majesty Memoirs ment METHO Minister nation never observed obtained opposition Ostend Company Paris Parliament party passed persons Pope Pretender Prince proposed Pulteney Queen resentment restoration Ripperda Royal says scarcely Schaub scheme Secretary seems sent Sir Robert Sir William Wyndham South Sea Spain Spanish speech spirit Sunderland Swift thing thought Tories treaty treaty of Hanover TURE Vienna Walpole's Wesley Wharton Whigs William Stanhope writes XVIII СНАР
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Seite 220 - If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink: Good wine— a friend— or being dry— Or lest we should be, by and by— Or any other reason why!
Seite 344 - ... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.
Seite 175 - And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.
Seite 57 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God ? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Seite 97 - ... suffering me to see them before he was paid, or giving me good security to restore my money for those that were lean, or shorn, or scabby, I would be none of his customer. I have heard of a man who had a mind to sell his house, and therefore carried a piece of brick in his pocket, which he showed as a pattern to encourage purchasers: and this is directly the case in point with Mr. Wood's assay.
Seite 323 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Seite 383 - I here aver is the naked fact ; let every man account for it as he sees good.) I then thought, Cannot God heal either man or beast, by any means, or without any ? Immediately my weariness and headache ceased, and my horse's lameness in the same instant. Nor did he halt any more either that day or the next.
Seite 344 - I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to the Left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese , nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Seite 187 - That it is an indignity to , and a breach of the privilege of this house , for any person to presume to give, in written or printed newspapers, any account or minutes of the debates, or other proceedings of this house or of any committee thereof; and that upon discovery of the outhors , etc. this house will proceed against the offenders with the utmost severity.
Seite 333 - I don't know how it is, but she said very right : there is something in Spenser that pleases one as strongly in one's old age, as it did in one's youth. I read the Faerie Queene, when I was about twelve, with infinite delight; and I think it gave me as much, when I read it over about a year or two ago.