Court Life Below Stairs: Or, London Under the First Georges, L714-1760, Volume 3Hurst and Blackett, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... manners of courts , than those of George I. and George II .; and , it is mournful to assert , are far more scandalous . George III . , it is true , was from the day of his marriage a moral man ; but the grossly voluptuous and glaringly ...
... manners of courts , than those of George I. and George II .; and , it is mournful to assert , are far more scandalous . George III . , it is true , was from the day of his marriage a moral man ; but the grossly voluptuous and glaringly ...
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... Manner— Reads his Tragedy to a bevy of Fine Ladies — His Contempt for Men of Letters - Chatterton Writes to Him - Fight for Bread , and Death by Poison - At the First Academy Dinner - Kitty Clive at Straw- berry - The Misses Berry ...
... Manner— Reads his Tragedy to a bevy of Fine Ladies — His Contempt for Men of Letters - Chatterton Writes to Him - Fight for Bread , and Death by Poison - At the First Academy Dinner - Kitty Clive at Straw- berry - The Misses Berry ...
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... manner in which he received the intelligence of his grandfather's death was eminently characteristic of the new monarch , and gave proof of that dissimulation which he practised through life . He was riding from Kew to London , when he ...
... manner in which he received the intelligence of his grandfather's death was eminently characteristic of the new monarch , and gave proof of that dissimulation which he practised through life . He was riding from Kew to London , when he ...
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... manner . He received the intelligence with all the hereditary stolidity of his race , briefly bade the messenger keep silent , and then , turning to his groom and informing him , by way of excuse for his return , that his horse was lame ...
... manner . He received the intelligence with all the hereditary stolidity of his race , briefly bade the messenger keep silent , and then , turning to his groom and informing him , by way of excuse for his return , that his horse was lame ...
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... manner . I don't say this , like my dear Madame de Sévigné , because he was civil to me , but the part is well acted . If they do as well behind the scenes as upon the stage , it will be a very complete reign . ' The opening of the new ...
... manner . I don't say this , like my dear Madame de Sévigné , because he was civil to me , but the part is well acted . If they do as well behind the scenes as upon the stage , it will be a very complete reign . ' The opening of the new ...
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