Court Life Below Stairs: Or, London Under the First Georges, 1714-1760, Volume 3Hurst and Blackett, 1883 - Great Britain |
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... late Prince of Wales , who was not over - nice in the choice of ministers , used frequently to say that Bute was a fine , showy man , who would make an excellent ambassador in a Court where there was no business . Such was His Royal ...
... late Prince of Wales , who was not over - nice in the choice of ministers , used frequently to say that Bute was a fine , showy man , who would make an excellent ambassador in a Court where there was no business . Such was His Royal ...
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... late memorable trial , was pronounced ' a gross and rank forgery . ' The most probable story regarding the royal love affair , is that which is told in the Monthly Magazine for April , 1821 , the year after the king's death , and ...
... late memorable trial , was pronounced ' a gross and rank forgery . ' The most probable story regarding the royal love affair , is that which is told in the Monthly Magazine for April , 1821 , the year after the king's death , and ...
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... late Mr. John Jesse hav- ing discovered its entry in the registers of marriage celebrated by Alexander Keith in the books kept in his chapel , and removed in 1754 to St. George's Church , Hanover Square ; the writer has obtained a ...
... late Mr. John Jesse hav- ing discovered its entry in the registers of marriage celebrated by Alexander Keith in the books kept in his chapel , and removed in 1754 to St. George's Church , Hanover Square ; the writer has obtained a ...
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... late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George III . , ' which is dedicated to that mon- arch's successor to the throne , refers to this amour . ' His affections became enchained , ' he says , speaking of the prince . He looked no more ...
... late Excellent and most Gracious Majesty George III . , ' which is dedicated to that mon- arch's successor to the throne , refers to this amour . ' His affections became enchained , ' he says , speaking of the prince . He looked no more ...
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... late king , with whom the prince had privately entered into an agreement that His Majesty's death should be communi- cated to him , immediately it took place , in this private manner . He received the intelligence with all the ...
... late king , with whom the prince had privately entered into an agreement that His Majesty's death should be communi- cated to him , immediately it took place , in this private manner . He received the intelligence with all the ...
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Page 284 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 283 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 362 - His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the top of his head, and the sleeves of his shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance.
Page 323 - ... he appeared in his shirt, with his little black wig on the top of his head, instead of a nightcap, and a poker in his hand, imagining probably that some ruffians were coming to attack him. When he discovered who they were, and was told their errand, he smiled and with great good humour agreed to their proposal. " What, is it you, you dogs? I'll have a frisk with you.
Page 374 - That respectable body, of which I have the honour of being a member, affords every evening a sight truly English. Twenty or thirty, perhaps, of the first men in the kingdom in point of fashion and fortune, supping at little tables covered with a napkin, in the middle of a coffeeroom, upon a bit of cold meat, or a sandwich, and drinking a glass of punch.
Page 304 - I have lost my oldest friend and acquaintance, G. Selwyn," writes Walpole to Miss Berry : " I really loved him, not only for his infinite wit, but for a thousand good qualities.
Page 293 - Masters, but he is so dull that he would only be troublesome — and besides you know I shun authors, and would never have been one myself, if it obliged me to keep such bad company. They are always in earnest, and think their profession serious, and dwell upon trifles, and reverence learning.
Page 283 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 240 - She found the Prince pale and covered with blood. The sight so overpowered her faculties that she was deprived almost of all consciousness. The Prince told her, that nothing would induce him to live unless she promised to become his wife, and permitted him to put a ring round her finger.
Page 281 - He told me, that there never was any particular incident which produced a quarrel between Lord Chesterfield and him; but that his Lordship's continued neglect was the reason why he resolved to have no connection with him.