The Book of Table-talk, Volume 2C. Knight, 1836 - Anecdotes |
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... Duchess , ( probably to Mr. Maynwaring ) , very characteristic of her frank and imperious temper , and aversion to the restraint of attending on the Queen . " It was written after her own and her husband's fall at court and in the ...
... Duchess , ( probably to Mr. Maynwaring ) , very characteristic of her frank and imperious temper , and aversion to the restraint of attending on the Queen . " It was written after her own and her husband's fall at court and in the ...
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... about two years before , for something in the Scotch business , which was misrepresented to her , but she took his excuse upon 54 SARAH , DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH , A QUEER TRANSLATION FROM VITRUVIUS THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS.
... about two years before , for something in the Scotch business , which was misrepresented to her , but she took his excuse upon 54 SARAH , DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH , A QUEER TRANSLATION FROM VITRUVIUS THE DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS.
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... Duchess employed eminent literary men of the day to write most of her defences and attacks . The paper from which we have last quoted was supposed by Archdeacon Coxe to have been written by St. Priest , and to be part of the identical ...
... Duchess employed eminent literary men of the day to write most of her defences and attacks . The paper from which we have last quoted was supposed by Archdeacon Coxe to have been written by St. Priest , and to be part of the identical ...
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... Duchess , written from abroad on the 28th of August 1710 , just after he had heard of his wife's disgrace , and the sudden fall of the Godolphin ministry , his Grace says , " I would beg of you not to write anything but what you would ...
... Duchess , written from abroad on the 28th of August 1710 , just after he had heard of his wife's disgrace , and the sudden fall of the Godolphin ministry , his Grace says , " I would beg of you not to write anything but what you would ...
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Charles MacFarlane. 58 DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH , AND QUEEN ANNE . her Grace by Doctor Hare , the Duke's chaplain , who had got leave of absence from the army , there is this direct al- lusion to seal - breaking : " But I have heard so ...
Charles MacFarlane. 58 DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH , AND QUEEN ANNE . her Grace by Doctor Hare , the Duke's chaplain , who had got leave of absence from the army , there is this direct al- lusion to seal - breaking : " But I have heard so ...
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