 | Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 páginas
...precautions been taken, when Anne, the laat of the Stuart sovereigns, expired (August 1, AD 1714). "The earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ! The queen...a world is this; and how does fortune banter us!" was Bolingbroke's lamentation over bis short-lived ministry. CHAPTER XXXV. HOUSE oF HANOVER. GEORGE... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1848 - 902 páginas
...thirteenth of her reign. " The Earl of Oxford," says the still bewildered Bolingbroke, in n letter to Swift, "was removed on Tuesday; the queen died on Sunday....a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!" Nearly at the same moment the same plotting statesman assured an ngentof the French king that measures... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 602 páginas
...She had not recovered sufficient consciousness either to take the sacrament or to sign her will. "The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday — the Queen died on Sunday ! What a world is this, and how docs Fortune banter us!" says Bolingbroke.*1 * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the... | |
 | 1849 - 470 páginas
...the amazement and grief of Bolingbroke and the Jacobites. Writing to Swift, the former said, " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen died on Sunday. What a world this is ! and how does fortune banter us ! " " There is the best cause in Europe lost, for want of... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - 1850 - 516 páginas
...expected it, and almost the first letter he wrote was to Swift, in the following terms : — " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on Sunday. How does Fortune banter us ! The Whigs are a pack of Jacobites. That shall be the cry in a month, if... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 448 páginas
...had not recovered sufficient consciousness either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. " The Earl of Oxford " was removed on Tuesday — the Queen...a world is this, and how does Fortune banter " us ! " says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Ang. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 432 páginas
...either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. " The Earl of Oxford " was removed on Tuesday—the Queen died on Sunday ! " What a world is this, and how does Fortune banter " us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 628 páginas
...either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. "The r Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday — the v Queen died on Sunday ! What a world is this, and " how does Fortune banter us ! " says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3, 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
 | 1857 - 542 páginas
...proposal, the president was nominated to the Queen as high treasurer. Alas for Bolingbroke ! ' The Earl of Oxford was removed ' on Tuesday — the Queen died on Sunday ! What a world is ' this, and how docs Fortune banter us!' (Letter to Swift, August 3.) The prize had been wrested from the grasp of... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 444 páginas
...either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. " The Earl of Oxford " was removed on Tuesday—the Queen died on Sunday ! " What a world is this, and how does Fortune banter " us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
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The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday,— " the Queen died on Sunday! What a world is " this, and how does Fortune banter us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug. 
