The Queens of Society: By Grace and Philip Wharton [pseuds.] Illustrated by Charles Altamont Doyle and the Brothers DalzielHarper & brothers, 1861 - 488 páginas |
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... manner . With some few exceptions the " Queens of Society " have been kindly , amiable , and even gentle people . While Sarah of Marlborough and Madame du Deffand were as notorious for their high tempers as for their wit , Madame Roland ...
... manner . With some few exceptions the " Queens of Society " have been kindly , amiable , and even gentle people . While Sarah of Marlborough and Madame du Deffand were as notorious for their high tempers as for their wit , Madame Roland ...
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... manner , Lord Chesterfield has declared , " was irresistible either by man or woman . " It was this , that competent authority decides , which made his fortune . Colonel Churchill , however , was , like many others , pushed on by ...
... manner , Lord Chesterfield has declared , " was irresistible either by man or woman . " It was this , that competent authority decides , which made his fortune . Colonel Churchill , however , was , like many others , pushed on by ...
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... manner of William affronted her : the king despised talkers , and one of Lady Marlborough's greatest gifts was conversation . Then she hated his character , which , she thought , was exhibited in its true colors by William's eat- ing up ...
... manner of William affronted her : the king despised talkers , and one of Lady Marlborough's greatest gifts was conversation . Then she hated his character , which , she thought , was exhibited in its true colors by William's eat- ing up ...
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... manner was flattering and humble ; and she had the ad- ditional advantage of being connected with Harley , Earl of Oxford , whose sentiments were Tory . In the midst of all this back - stairs intriguing , Miss Abigail married ...
... manner was flattering and humble ; and she had the ad- ditional advantage of being connected with Harley , Earl of Oxford , whose sentiments were Tory . In the midst of all this back - stairs intriguing , Miss Abigail married ...
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... manner , and drop- ping a solemn courtesy , with a- " Did your majesty ring ? " retired with demure humility . As the duchess was , as she expressed it , " apt to tumble out her mind , " she did not scruple to express herself very ...
... manner , and drop- ping a solemn courtesy , with a- " Did your majesty ring ? " retired with demure humility . As the duchess was , as she expressed it , " apt to tumble out her mind , " she did not scruple to express herself very ...
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The Queens of Society. by Grace and Philip Wharton [Pseuds.] Illustrated by ... A. T. Thomson Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
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admiration affection afterward amusing Anne appeared attached beauty became brother Byron called celebrated character charming court Damer daughter death delighted dress Duchess of Devonshire Duchess of Marlborough Duke Earl Elizabeth England English eyes fashion father feeling fortune France French friendship girl happy heart honor Horace Walpole husband Johnson king Lady Caroline Lady Caroline Lamb Lady Hervey Lady Mary Lady Morgan letters literary lived London Lord Hervey Maclean Madame de Sévigné Madame de Staël Madame du Deffand Madame Récamier Madame Roland manner Marlborough marriage married Mary Sidney mind Miss Burney Montagu mother Necker never noble Paris party passed perhaps political poor Pope portrait Prince Princess Queen received returned Sarah Scarron seems sister society spirit Streatham talent thing thought Thrale tion took Walpole wife woman women Wortley writes wrote young
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Página 81 - O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !' This was followed by a general laugh.
Página 471 - Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Página 373 - I do not believe it beguiling, Because it reminds me of thine; And when winds are at war with the ocean, As the breasts I believed in with me, If their billows excite an emotion It is that they bear me from thee.
Página 239 - Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore : And all the while harmonious airs were heard Of chiming strings, or charming pipes, and winds Of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned From their soft wings, and Flora's earliest smells.
Página 465 - Many that then saw his tears, and heard his faint and hollow voice, professing they thought the text prophetically chosen, and that Dr. Donne had preached his own funeral sermon.
Página 121 - I found her in a little miserable bedchamber of a ready-furnished house, with two tallow candles, and a bureau covered with pots and pans. On her head, in full of all accounts, she had an old black-laced hood, wrapped entirely round, so as to conceal all hair or want of hair. No handkerchief, but up to her chin a kind of horseman's ridingcoat, calling itself a...
Página 111 - ... very well to be distinguished through it. The antery is a waistcoat, made close to the shape, of white and gold damask, with very long sleeves falling back, and fringed with deep gold fringe, and should have diamond or pearl buttons.
Página 348 - I am willing to flatter myself that I meant this as light pleasantry to soothe and conciliate him, and not as a humiliating abasement at the expense of my country. But however that might be, this speech was somewhat unlucky ; for with that quickness of wit for which he was so remarkable, he seized the expression "come from Scotland...