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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... beauty and foppish habits.- His extraordinary popularity with the fair sex . - His success as a gambler . — Fantastic liveries of his servants . - Portraits of him by the three great Artists of the day . His first wife , daughter and ...
... beauty and foppish habits.- His extraordinary popularity with the fair sex . - His success as a gambler . — Fantastic liveries of his servants . - Portraits of him by the three great Artists of the day . His first wife , daughter and ...
Page xiv
... beauty and intelligence .-- Neglected and insulted by her hus- band . Count Coningsmark's avowed admiration of her . Indignation of her father - in - law . - Imprisoned in the Castle of - Alden . - Divorced from her husband in 1694 ...
... beauty and intelligence .-- Neglected and insulted by her hus- band . Count Coningsmark's avowed admiration of her . Indignation of her father - in - law . - Imprisoned in the Castle of - Alden . - Divorced from her husband in 1694 ...
Page xv
... married in 1706 to Frederick William , King of Prussia . Her beauty and intelligence . Her husband's brutal treatment of her . -Her death in 1757 . Page 302 - MELESINA . DUCHESS OF KENDAL . Sister of the Count CONTENTS . XV.
... married in 1706 to Frederick William , King of Prussia . Her beauty and intelligence . Her husband's brutal treatment of her . -Her death in 1757 . Page 302 - MELESINA . DUCHESS OF KENDAL . Sister of the Count CONTENTS . XV.
Page xix
... beauty and accomplishments . - Extracts from the Suffolk Correspondence . -Pope's admiration of the young beauty . His moonlight walk with her in the gardens at Hampton Court , and letter on the subject . His poetical address to Miss ...
... beauty and accomplishments . - Extracts from the Suffolk Correspondence . -Pope's admiration of the young beauty . His moonlight walk with her in the gardens at Hampton Court , and letter on the subject . His poetical address to Miss ...
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... beauty was probably always of the scornful kind . Lord Lansdowne writes , in his " Progress of Beauty , " - Soft and delicious as a southern sky , Are Dashwood's smiles ; -when Darnley frowns we die . The Duchess appears to have ...
... beauty was probably always of the scornful kind . Lord Lansdowne writes , in his " Progress of Beauty , " - Soft and delicious as a southern sky , Are Dashwood's smiles ; -when Darnley frowns we die . The Duchess appears to have ...
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