The British Prose Writers, Volume 24J. Sharpe, 1821 |
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... princes and their courts than we should be after perusing an hundred heavy historians ; and futurity will long be indebted to the chance which threw into his vicinity , when age rendered him communicative , the ac- complished ladies to ...
... princes and their courts than we should be after perusing an hundred heavy historians ; and futurity will long be indebted to the chance which threw into his vicinity , when age rendered him communicative , the ac- complished ladies to ...
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... princess , since queen Caroline and you expressed such wishes that I would com- mit those passages ( for they are scarce worthy of the title even of anecdotes ) to writing ; that , having no greater pleasure than to please you both ...
... princess , since queen Caroline and you expressed such wishes that I would com- mit those passages ( for they are scarce worthy of the title even of anecdotes ) to writing ; that , having no greater pleasure than to please you both ...
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... princess , since queen Caroline ; and you expressed such wishes that I would com- mit those passages ( for they are scarce worthy of the title even of anecdotes ) to writing ; that , having no greater pleasure than to please you both ...
... princess , since queen Caroline ; and you expressed such wishes that I would com- mit those passages ( for they are scarce worthy of the title even of anecdotes ) to writing ; that , having no greater pleasure than to please you both ...
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... princes and power , as was natural to one who never felt an am- bitious thought for himself . It must not be inferred from her obtaining this grace for me , that the duchess of Kendal was a friend to my father . On the contrary , at ...
... princes and power , as was natural to one who never felt an am- bitious thought for himself . It must not be inferred from her obtaining this grace for me , that the duchess of Kendal was a friend to my father . On the contrary , at ...
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... princess of Wales , from whom , in case of the king's death , her grace could expect no fa- vour . Of her jealousy I do know the following in- stance : Queen Anne had bestowed the rangership of Richmond New Park on her relations the ...
... princess of Wales , from whom , in case of the king's death , her grace could expect no fa- vour . Of her jealousy I do know the following in- stance : Queen Anne had bestowed the rangership of Richmond New Park on her relations the ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquainted afterwards anecdotes answered Arnoul asked beautiful believe bishop Brouai called castle character Charles countess countess of Suffolk court D'Alembert daughter DAVID HUME dear sir death dinner duchess of Kendal duchess of Marlborough duke earl England father favour France French friends genius gentleman George grace hand Hanover heard honour HORACE WALPOLE Howard humble servant Hume husband James's king of Prussia king's lady Suffolk lived lord lord Hervey lordship Louis XIV madame du Deffand majesty Marlborough married ment minister mistress morning mother never obliged Paris passions person portrait prince of Condé prince of Wales princess printed published quarrel queen Caroline reign Reminiscences replied Rousseau royal sent sir Robert Walpole soon story Strawberry-hill style suppose taste thing thought tion told truth vanity Voltaire Whig wife wish woman write wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 28 - Lady Suffolk, then in waiting as woman of the bed-chamber, and of most accurate memory, painted the scene to me exactly. " On one side of the bed stood the godfathers and godmother; on the other side the Prince and the Princess's ladies.
Página 9 - This is a strange country,' he remarked afterwards ; 'the first morning after my arrival at St. James's, I looked out of the window, and saw a park with walks, and a canal, which they told me were mine. The next day Lord Chetwynd, the ranger of my park, sent me a fine brace of carp out of my canal ; and I was told I must give five guineas to Lord Chetwynd's servant for bringing me my own carp, out of my own canal, in my own park.
Página 13 - Second entrusted the secret to his wife, Queen Caroline, who told it to my father ; but the King was too tender of the honour of his mother to utter it to his mistress, nor did Lady Suffolk ever hear of it till I informed her of it several years afterwards. The disappearance of the Count made his murder suspected, and various reports of the discovery of his body have, of late years, been spread, but not with the authentic circumstances.
Página 17 - George the first to take care of his wife, as he would not survive her a year. That oracle was probably dictated to the French Deborah by the duke and duchess of Zell, who might be apprehensive lest the duchess of Kendal should be tempted to remove entirely the obstacle to her conscientious union with their sonin-law. Most Germans are superstitious, even such as have few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to -the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave...
Página 105 - Surely no man of seventy-four, unless superannuated, can have the smallest pleasure in sitting at home in his own room, as I always do, and being called by a new name.
Página 57 - He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oecouomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions and such vast expectations. He was modest and diffident too, but could not digest total dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother. His sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather, earls of Sunderland. She was connected with Henry Fox, the first lord Holland, and both had great influence over the duke of Marlborough.
Página 39 - Her face and person were charming ; lively she was almost to itourderie ; and so agreeable she was, tha.t I never heard her mentioned afterwards by one of her contemporaries who -did not prefer her as the most perfect creature they ever knew.
Página 69 - I have the honour to be, with great respect, my Lord, your Lordship's " Most obedient and obliged servant,
Página 129 - I not only suppressed the letter while you stayed there, out of delicacy to you, but it was the reason why, out of delicacy to myself, I did not go to see him as you often proposed to me, thinking it wrong to go and make a cordial visit to a man, with a letter in my pocket to laugh at him.
Página 60 - She always stopped at Paris, visited the church where lay the unburied body of James, and wept over it. A poor Benedictine of the convent, observing her filial piety, took notice to her Grace that the velvet pall that covered the coffin was become thread-bare, — and so it remained.