Court life below stairs; or, London under the first (last) Georges, Volume 2 |
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... attending the procession into the City . On Tuesday there was a levée held at Saville House . ' To - day , ' writes Horace Walpole , England kissed hands , so did I , and it is more comfortable to kiss hands with all England than to ...
... attending the procession into the City . On Tuesday there was a levée held at Saville House . ' To - day , ' writes Horace Walpole , England kissed hands , so did I , and it is more comfortable to kiss hands with all England than to ...
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... attended her with coffee , and Lieutenant John Seabear with tea . Being thus refreshed , she proceeded to Witham , where she arrived at a quarter - past seven , and stopped at Lord Abercorn's , and his Lordship provided as elegant an ...
... attended her with coffee , and Lieutenant John Seabear with tea . Being thus refreshed , she proceeded to Witham , where she arrived at a quarter - past seven , and stopped at Lord Abercorn's , and his Lordship provided as elegant an ...
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... attended by an in- credible number of spectators , both on horse and foot , to Stratford - le - Bow and Mile - end turnpike , where they turned up Dog - Row , and prosecuted their journey to Hackney turnpike , then by Shoreditch Church ...
... attended by an in- credible number of spectators , both on horse and foot , to Stratford - le - Bow and Mile - end turnpike , where they turned up Dog - Row , and prosecuted their journey to Hackney turnpike , then by Shoreditch Church ...
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... Tripolitan , and Moorish ambassadors attended in gorgeous apparel pro- cured specially for the occasion . The great suite of apart- ments opening from one to another were crowded with men and women of the highest rank in the nation , 3-2.
... Tripolitan , and Moorish ambassadors attended in gorgeous apparel pro- cured specially for the occasion . The great suite of apart- ments opening from one to another were crowded with men and women of the highest rank in the nation , 3-2.
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... attended by the Horse Guards , and a mighty fine procession it made . The people were all abroad to see it , and lined the streets from St. James's to Drury Lane , crushing , surging , and striving to catch a sight of the plain little ...
... attended by the Horse Guards , and a mighty fine procession it made . The people were all abroad to see it , and lined the streets from St. James's to Drury Lane , crushing , surging , and striving to catch a sight of the plain little ...
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afterwards amongst arrived attended became Bishop brother Burney Carlton House ceremony Charles Fox charming coach Colonel conduct Court courtiers crowd Crown daughter death debts declared Delany delighted desire drawing-room dressed Duchess Duke of Cumberland Duke of York Earl England entertained eyes father favour favourite Fitzherbert friends gave gentleman George Selwyn Grace gracious hand honour Horace Walpole hour husband Jack Payne James's King King's Lady Jersey Lady Sarah letter likewise lived London looked Lord Bute Lord Malmesbury Majesty Majesty's manner marriage married Ministers Miss mistress morning mother never night occasion once palace Parliament passed person Pitt present Prince of Wales Prince's Princess Dowager Princess of Wales Queen received refused Regent reign replied residence royal family Royal Highness royalty says scandal sent Sheridan soon Street throne told took town whilst wife Windsor woman writes wrote young
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Page 169 - I give my vote for Mr. Johnson to fill that great and arduous post. And I hereby declare that I make a total surrender of all my rights and privileges in the English language, as a free-born British subject, to the said Mr. Johnson, during the term of his dictatorship.
Page 75 - And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.
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Page 221 - 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.
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Page 214 - 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.
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Page 191 - ... 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.
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Page 302 - I shall be in some degree at least consoled. I retain every sentiment of gratitude for the situation in which I find myself, as Princess of Wales, .enabled by your means to indulge in the free exercise of a virtue dear to my heart — I mean charity. It wiH be my duty, likewise to act upon another motive — that of giving an example of patience and resignation under every trial.