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... maids of honour , and a hundred others , " bestow their favours to the right and to " the left , and not the least notice is taken " of their conduct . As for Lady Shrewsbury , " she is conspicuous . I would take a wa- 66 ger she might ...
... maids of honour , and a hundred others , " bestow their favours to the right and to " the left , and not the least notice is taken " of their conduct . As for Lady Shrewsbury , " she is conspicuous . I would take a wa- 66 ger she might ...
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... maids of honour , upon account of Miss Stewart and Miss Warmestré : the others were Miss Bellenden , Mademoiselle de la Garde , and Mademoiselle Bardou , all maids of honour , as it pleased ... maid of honour , though COUNT GRAMMONT . 105.
... maids of honour , upon account of Miss Stewart and Miss Warmestré : the others were Miss Bellenden , Mademoiselle de la Garde , and Mademoiselle Bardou , all maids of honour , as it pleased ... maid of honour , though COUNT GRAMMONT . 105.
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... maids of honour , who for the world would not have connived at any thing that was not fair and honourable , consented that they should sup as often as they pleased in Miss Warmestré's apartments , provided their intentions were ...
... maids of honour , who for the world would not have connived at any thing that was not fair and honourable , consented that they should sup as often as they pleased in Miss Warmestré's apartments , provided their intentions were ...
Page 113
... maids of honour , who might have been called to an account for it , affirmed , that it was nothing at all , and that she was possessed of circum- stances which would at once silence all cen- sorious tongues . She had an audience of the ...
... maids of honour , who might have been called to an account for it , affirmed , that it was nothing at all , and that she was possessed of circum- stances which would at once silence all cen- sorious tongues . She had an audience of the ...
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... maids of honour to the queen . The Duchess of York , nearly about the same time , likewise recruited hers ; but shewed , by a happier and more brilliant choice , that England possess- ed an inexhaustible stock of beauties . before we ...
... maids of honour to the queen . The Duchess of York , nearly about the same time , likewise recruited hers ; but shewed , by a happier and more brilliant choice , that England possess- ed an inexhaustible stock of beauties . before we ...
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Page 331 - Apology, 1750, p. 133. Tony Aston says, " she was not handsome ; her mouth opening most on the right side, which she strove to draw t'other way ; and at times composing her face, as if sitting for her picture: she was," he adds,
Page 314 - conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always hurt himself and his friends; with romantic bravery, he was always an unsuccessful commander. He spoke for the test act, though a Roman catholic, and addicted himself to astrology on the birth-day of true philosophy."—Catalogue of Royal and Noble
Page 331 - compliment, upon her acting Cassandra in his Cleomenes. She was the first person whose merit was distinguished by the indulgence of having an annual benefit play, which was granted to her alone in King James's time, and which did not become common to others till the division of this company, after the death of King William and Queen
Page 333 - of Yarmouth, dated October 13, 1670, we have the following account: " Last week, there being a faire neare Audley-end, the queen, the Dutchess of Richmond, and the Dutchess of Buckingham, had a frolick to disguise themselves like country lasses, in red petticoats, wastcotes, &c., and so goe see the faire. Sir Bernard Gascoign, on a
Page 315 - P. 67. Rochester.] John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; " a man," as Lord Orford observes, " whom the Muses were fond to inspire, and ashamed to avow; and who practised, without the least reserve, that secret which can make verses more read for their defects than for their
Page 273 - called bowling-greens, which are little square grass plots, where the turf is almost as smooth and level as the cloth of a billiard-table. As soon as the heat of the day is over, all the company assemble there: They play deep; and spectators are at liberty to make what bets they please. The Chevalier de Grammont, long before initiated
Page 258 - Her person was full of charms, and her mind possessed all those perfections in which the handsome Monmouth was deficient. New festivals and entertainments celebrated this marriage : The most effectual method to pay court to the king, was to outshine the rest in brilliancy and grandeur; and whilst these rejoicings brought forward all manner
Page 212 - every one quits his little palace to assemble on the bowling-green, where, in the open air, those who choose, dance upon a turf more soft and smooth than the finest carpet in the world. VOL.
Page 351 - in a sort of discomposure to which she was but little subject; " I have heard as much : this is a sign that that poor unfortunate woman died penitent; for, if I can read a man's heart through
Page 347 - ayear, and the king refused it. But when he told me this, about four years after, he said she had got of the king above sixty thousand pounds. She acted all persons in so lively a manner, and was such a constant diversion to the king, that even a new mistress could not drive her away ; but, after all,