Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second, Volume 2Richard Bentley, 1843 - Great Britain |
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... He is tried at the Old Bailey . — Singular evidence adduced at the trial respecting Fielding's intrigues to obtain the hand of a rich widow , - - Deleau . Curious statement made by the Counsel for the CONTENTS . xiii.
... He is tried at the Old Bailey . — Singular evidence adduced at the trial respecting Fielding's intrigues to obtain the hand of a rich widow , - - Deleau . Curious statement made by the Counsel for the CONTENTS . xiii.
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... Evidence of Mrs. Villars , and of Fielding's ser- vant , Boucher . Fielding found guilty , but afterwards par- doned by Queen Anne . His marriage with the Duchess of Cleveland annulled . · CHAPTER II . - Page 258 Beau Wilson's ...
... Evidence of Mrs. Villars , and of Fielding's ser- vant , Boucher . Fielding found guilty , but afterwards par- doned by Queen Anne . His marriage with the Duchess of Cleveland annulled . · CHAPTER II . - Page 258 Beau Wilson's ...
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... evidence of the truth of the axiom . Horace Walpole , in allusion to her fre- quent visits to the continent , observes , " She always stopped at Paris , visited the church where lay the unburied body of James , and wept over it . A poor ...
... evidence of the truth of the axiom . Horace Walpole , in allusion to her fre- quent visits to the continent , observes , " She always stopped at Paris , visited the church where lay the unburied body of James , and wept over it . A poor ...
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... evidences which she gave of this weakness may be mentioned the princely magnificence with which she travelled when abroad , and the pomp with which she buried her husband and her son . When the remains of the latter were brought from ...
... evidences which she gave of this weakness may be mentioned the princely magnificence with which she travelled when abroad , and the pomp with which she buried her husband and her son . When the remains of the latter were brought from ...
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... to himself . The manner in which the wily states- man accomplished his purpose , not only affords remarkable evidence of his talent for intrigue , but discovers on how slender a foundation the fate of 40 ROBERT HARLEY ,
... to himself . The manner in which the wily states- man accomplished his purpose , not only affords remarkable evidence of his talent for intrigue , but discovers on how slender a foundation the fate of 40 ROBERT HARLEY ,
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Page 228 - Some natural tears he dropped, but wiped them soon : The world was all before him, where to choose His place of rest, and Providence his guide.
Page 386 - Lepell) walked with me three or four hours by moonlight, and we met no creature of any quality but the king, who gave audience to the vicechamberlain, all alone, under the garden wall.
Page 178 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Page 389 - Hervey, wo'uld you know the passion, You have kindled in my breast? Trifling is the inclination That by words can be expressed. " In my silence see the lover; True love is by silence known; In my eyes you'll best discover, All the power of your own.
Page 420 - Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...
Page 104 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest - -young man I ever knew; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners; generous, and a despiser of money.
Page 162 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.
Page 369 - What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas ! can Sporus feel? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
Page 348 - ... not. For my own part, I could just as soon have talked Celtic or Sclavonian to them, as astronomy, and they would have understood me full as well : so I resolved to do better than speak to the purpose, and to please instead of informing them.
Page 166 - Algerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John sat and thought; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor.