Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries: Including Numerous Original Letters, Chiefly from Strawberry Hill, Volume 1Eliot Warburton H. Colburn, 1851 |
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... George of Denmark , simply because , aware of their origin , we know that much could not be expected from them . They were daughters of James II , and were the sort of daughters to be produced by such a father . - They were Stuarts ...
... George of Denmark , simply because , aware of their origin , we know that much could not be expected from them . They were daughters of James II , and were the sort of daughters to be produced by such a father . - They were Stuarts ...
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... George of Denmark , when she was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber . This position was of vast importance to her in more than one point of view . The Duke of York , although a Papist , was obliged to AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . 15.
... George of Denmark , when she was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber . This position was of vast importance to her in more than one point of view . The Duke of York , although a Papist , was obliged to AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . 15.
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... George , Prince of Denmark . Shortly afterwards he was restored to all his employments . On the 30th of July , 1700 , the new appointment terminated with the death of the young Prince , to the deep regret of the entire nation , a few ...
... George , Prince of Denmark . Shortly afterwards he was restored to all his employments . On the 30th of July , 1700 , the new appointment terminated with the death of the young Prince , to the deep regret of the entire nation , a few ...
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... George I. there was , of course , a change of men as well as of measures , for the Jacobite intrigues were well known , and it could not be expected that the new sovereign would be very favourably inclined towards those who had tried to ...
... George I. there was , of course , a change of men as well as of measures , for the Jacobite intrigues were well known , and it could not be expected that the new sovereign would be very favourably inclined towards those who had tried to ...
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... George I. " History of his own Time , " compiled from the original manu- scripts of his late Excellency , Matthew Prior , 1740. Octavo , p . 417 . very trustworthy one . Their examination led to an impeachment 42 MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
... George I. " History of his own Time , " compiled from the original manu- scripts of his late Excellency , Matthew Prior , 1740. Octavo , p . 417 . very trustworthy one . Their examination led to an impeachment 42 MEMOIRS OF HORACE WALPOLE.
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