The Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1763-1798 |
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... allowed on another occasion that , with all the glow of beauty peculiar to the family , she lacked features . It was this lady who had enjoyed the singular privilege of refusing the hand of a King - an opportunity of which she had ...
... allowed on another occasion that , with all the glow of beauty peculiar to the family , she lacked features . It was this lady who had enjoyed the singular privilege of refusing the hand of a King - an opportunity of which she had ...
Page 132
... allowed to carry weight , that those relations were at least of a nature to attract the attention of London society is plain from a letter written in October , 1792 , by Lady Elliot to Lady Malmesbury , in which an assertion is hazarded ...
... allowed to carry weight , that those relations were at least of a nature to attract the attention of London society is plain from a letter written in October , 1792 , by Lady Elliot to Lady Malmesbury , in which an assertion is hazarded ...
Page 139
... allowed by so violent a partisan as Fox- while striving to exonerate the Jacobins from re- sponsibility in the matter - to be crimes incapable of extenuation . Whatever had been the means by which he had explained and reconciled himself ...
... allowed by so violent a partisan as Fox- while striving to exonerate the Jacobins from re- sponsibility in the matter - to be crimes incapable of extenuation . Whatever had been the means by which he had explained and reconciled himself ...
Page 160
... allowed to lie upon the table and had then been rejected . In the case of that now drawn up , setting forth the grievances of the Catholic population and commending to the King the consideration of their situation , 160 Life of Lord ...
... allowed to lie upon the table and had then been rejected . In the case of that now drawn up , setting forth the grievances of the Catholic population and commending to the King the consideration of their situation , 160 Life of Lord ...
Page 171
... allowed her to be , the very lightness of her character , not without its charm to a man of Lord Edward's temperament , would have facilitated the separation of public and domestic interests . Political women were rare at the time , at ...
... allowed her to be , the very lightness of her character , not without its charm to a man of Lord Edward's temperament , would have facilitated the separation of public and domestic interests . Political women were rare at the time , at ...
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