Court Life Below Stairs: Or, London Under the First Georges, L714-1760, Volume 3Hurst and Blackett, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... favour- ite , Desnoyers , the French dancing - master , who had just been playing the fiddle to him , whilst the gay courtiers in the next room were divert- ing themselves with cards . From the date of his death , the eyes of the nation ...
... favour- ite , Desnoyers , the French dancing - master , who had just been playing the fiddle to him , whilst the gay courtiers in the next room were divert- ing themselves with cards . From the date of his death , the eyes of the nation ...
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... favour , the wicked to be punished . So alarmed did Miss Chud- leigh become at such a turning of the tables , that this fair courtier , who had permitted old George II . to stroke her under the chin , and kiss her at the drawing - rooms ...
... favour , the wicked to be punished . So alarmed did Miss Chud- leigh become at such a turning of the tables , that this fair courtier , who had permitted old George II . to stroke her under the chin , and kiss her at the drawing - rooms ...
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... without the graceful bearing or comely looks of his more favoured kinsman . Lady Sarah Lennox is the most beautiful amongst that stately throng , and many eyes are critically turned from her to the colourless face of the.
... without the graceful bearing or comely looks of his more favoured kinsman . Lady Sarah Lennox is the most beautiful amongst that stately throng , and many eyes are critically turned from her to the colourless face of the.
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... favoured him , and his coach passed through the vastly crowded streets unrecognised by the throng that impatiently awaited him , until he had almost reached the Guildhall . Then , when its prey had almost escaped it , the mob dis ...
... favoured him , and his coach passed through the vastly crowded streets unrecognised by the throng that impatiently awaited him , until he had almost reached the Guildhall . Then , when its prey had almost escaped it , the mob dis ...
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... favour . Almost immedi- ately after him came His Sacred Majesty , look- ing pale and anxious , his homely little queen beside him , but the crowd had felt little loyalty to a king who allowed himself to be governed by two persons ...
... favour . Almost immedi- ately after him came His Sacred Majesty , look- ing pale and anxious , his homely little queen beside him , but the crowd had felt little loyalty to a king who allowed himself to be governed by two persons ...
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