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Harley ' s influence over Queen Anne . His intrigues against the Duke of
Marlborough , and Godolphin .The Queen attends a Privy Council in person . —
Harley dismissed from his office , through the influence of the Whig party . - The
Queen ' s ...
Harley ' s influence over Queen Anne . His intrigues against the Duke of
Marlborough , and Godolphin .The Queen attends a Privy Council in person . —
Harley dismissed from his office , through the influence of the Whig party . - The
Queen ' s ...
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flattery , and assisted her on all occasions with his influence and advice . Harley ,
in pursuing his favourite schemes of personal aggrandizement , seems to have
been little scrupulous in regard to the means which he resorted to , and to have ...
flattery , and assisted her on all occasions with his influence and advice . Harley ,
in pursuing his favourite schemes of personal aggrandizement , seems to have
been little scrupulous in regard to the means which he resorted to , and to have ...
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pole , indeed , openly opposed the claims of Bolingbroke both at the Council
Board and in Parliament ; and it was owing to his personal influence and
unwearying exertions that the boon obtained for Bolingbroke by the Duchess of
Kendal was ...
pole , indeed , openly opposed the claims of Bolingbroke both at the Council
Board and in Parliament ; and it was owing to his personal influence and
unwearying exertions that the boon obtained for Bolingbroke by the Duchess of
Kendal was ...
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Her political influence .Letter respecting her from Count Broglio to Louis the
Fifteenth . — The latter ' s reply . — The Duchess presides at the King ' s evening
parties . His nightly visits to her apartments . - Accompanies him on his last visit to
...
Her political influence .Letter respecting her from Count Broglio to Louis the
Fifteenth . — The latter ' s reply . — The Duchess presides at the King ' s evening
parties . His nightly visits to her apartments . - Accompanies him on his last visit to
...
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The influence of the Duchess of Marlborough procured her introduction to Queen
Caroline , who subsequently conferred upon her the appointments of woman of
the bed - chamber and mistress of the robes . The secret of her influence over ...
The influence of the Duchess of Marlborough procured her introduction to Queen
Caroline , who subsequently conferred upon her the appointments of woman of
the bed - chamber and mistress of the robes . The secret of her influence over ...
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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...
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| 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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