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John Heneage Jesse. Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second John Heneage Jesse Wagem 43. 1414 . Front Cover.
John Heneage Jesse. Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of George the second John Heneage Jesse Wagem 43. 1414 . Front Cover.
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... GEORGE 2 And Her Son William . Duke of Cumberland . London l'ublished by Richard Fenticy , 1843 . OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND FROM THE REVOLUTION IN 1688. ENGRAVED BY PFRMISSION FROM THE ORIGINAL BY KNELLER . AT HAMPTON COURT .
... GEORGE 2 And Her Son William . Duke of Cumberland . London l'ublished by Richard Fenticy , 1843 . OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND FROM THE REVOLUTION IN 1688. ENGRAVED BY PFRMISSION FROM THE ORIGINAL BY KNELLER . AT HAMPTON COURT .
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... GEORGE THE SECOND . BY JOHN HENEAGE JESSE . AUTHOR OF " MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS . " IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , Publisher in Ordinary to Her ...
... GEORGE THE SECOND . BY JOHN HENEAGE JESSE . AUTHOR OF " MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS . " IN THREE VOLUMES . VOL . II . LONDON : RICHARD BENTLEY , NEW BURLINGTON STREET , Publisher in Ordinary to Her ...
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... poet.- Neglected by George the Second . - Spring Macky's character of the Duke . His three Marriages.- Death in 1721. - His epitaph on himself . VOL . II . - - - . Page 1 b CATHERINE DARNLEY , DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM . Character of the.
... poet.- Neglected by George the Second . - Spring Macky's character of the Duke . His three Marriages.- Death in 1721. - His epitaph on himself . VOL . II . - - - . Page 1 b CATHERINE DARNLEY , DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM . Character of the.
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... George the First.- Earl of Dorset despatched to Hanover to convey to him the news of his accession . - Addison appointed Secretary by the Regency . Insults offered to St. John . - His dignified equa- nimity . His letters to Swift and ...
... George the First.- Earl of Dorset despatched to Hanover to convey to him the news of his accession . - Addison appointed Secretary by the Regency . Insults offered to St. John . - His dignified equa- nimity . His letters to Swift and ...
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Memoirs of the Court of England from ... 1688 to the Death of George the Second John Heneage Jesse Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Memoirs of the Court of England from ... 1688 to the Death of George the Second John Heneage Jesse Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Memoirs of the Court of England from ... 1688 to the Death of George the Second John Heneage Jesse Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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...