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Appointed Maid of Honour to the Electress Sophia , mother of George the First . -
The Duchess ' s birth in 1659 . — Her personal appearance . - Reluctantly
accompanies George the First to England . - Created an Irish peeress , Duchess
of ...
Appointed Maid of Honour to the Electress Sophia , mother of George the First . -
The Duchess ' s birth in 1659 . — Her personal appearance . - Reluctantly
accompanies George the First to England . - Created an Irish peeress , Duchess
of ...
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John Heneage Jesse. 277 GEORGE THE FIRST . CHAPTER I . His birth . - His
near relationship to the Stuarts . - Sketch of his mother . — Serves a campaign
under his father , when in his fifteenth year . — Fights in the Imperial army against
...
John Heneage Jesse. 277 GEORGE THE FIRST . CHAPTER I . His birth . - His
near relationship to the Stuarts . - Sketch of his mother . — Serves a campaign
under his father , when in his fifteenth year . — Fights in the Imperial army against
...
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It was the misfortune of Sophia , that she died before her son , George the
Second , ascended the throne of Great Britain . Had she survived the death of her
husband only seven months , she would probably have seen her rights asserted
and ...
It was the misfortune of Sophia , that she died before her son , George the
Second , ascended the throne of Great Britain . Had she survived the death of her
husband only seven months , she would probably have seen her rights asserted
and ...
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It has already been remarked , that George the First was entirely ignorant of the
English language ; and as his prime minister , Sir Robert Walpole , knew as little
of the French , there remained no other means of communicating with each other
...
It has already been remarked , that George the First was entirely ignorant of the
English language ; and as his prime minister , Sir Robert Walpole , knew as little
of the French , there remained no other means of communicating with each other
...
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Appointed Maid of Honour to the Electress Sophia , mother of George the First . -
The Duchess ' s birth in 1659 . — Her personal appearance . - Reluctantly
accompanies George the First to England . - Created an Irish peeress , Duchess
of ...
Appointed Maid of Honour to the Electress Sophia , mother of George the First . -
The Duchess ' s birth in 1659 . — Her personal appearance . - Reluctantly
accompanies George the First to England . - Created an Irish peeress , Duchess
of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 361 - 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...
Seite 376 - 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.
Seite 409 - 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...
Seite 174 - 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...
Seite 364 - 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.
Seite 102 - 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.
Seite 340 - ... 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.
Seite 215 - 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!
Seite 208 - 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.
Seite 195 - 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...
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second, Band 2 Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second, John Heneage Jesse |
| Autor/in | John Heneage Jesse |
| Veröffentlicht | 1843 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Okt. 2006 |
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