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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... - writers of France , while Lady Mary Wortley Montagu holds the same place in this country . Seven , again , have been eminent political leaders ; one of them , indeed , Ma- iv PREFACE . dame de Maintenon , though uncrowned ,
... - writers of France , while Lady Mary Wortley Montagu holds the same place in this country . Seven , again , have been eminent political leaders ; one of them , indeed , Ma- iv PREFACE . dame de Maintenon , though uncrowned ,
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... political enemies , this celebrated woman , whom Pope has satirized under the name of Atossa , published her own ... politics was termed , first saw the light . Her father , Richard Jennings , was a plain country gentle- man , possessing ...
... political enemies , this celebrated woman , whom Pope has satirized under the name of Atossa , published her own ... politics was termed , first saw the light . Her father , Richard Jennings , was a plain country gentle- man , possessing ...
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... political parties- Jacobite , Whig , and Tory ; but those factions in which " Queen Sarah " afterward mingled so ... politics and party views . It may , therefore , easily be imagined into what peril the two lovely sisters , Frances and ...
... political parties- Jacobite , Whig , and Tory ; but those factions in which " Queen Sarah " afterward mingled so ... politics and party views . It may , therefore , easily be imagined into what peril the two lovely sisters , Frances and ...
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... politics , was little seen except in the per- formance of her duties . Hyde Park was then only a country drive , a field , in fact , belonging to a publican . Sometimes the Princess Anne might be seen there , driving with her beloved ...
... politics , was little seen except in the per- formance of her duties . Hyde Park was then only a country drive , a field , in fact , belonging to a publican . Sometimes the Princess Anne might be seen there , driving with her beloved ...
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... political writers . The metropolis , however , was in commotion when all was discov- ered . Every one believed that step to have been premedita ted , since six weeks previously Anne had ordered a private stair - case to be made . She ...
... political writers . The metropolis , however , was in commotion when all was discov- ered . Every one believed that step to have been premedita ted , since six weeks previously Anne had ordered a private stair - case to be made . She ...
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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...