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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... Grace who has been so often in administration , must be aware that busi- ness must be carried on , and that the old proverb is true , that the pot must boil . " - " Why , yes , " re- torted the Duke , " it is an old and a true pro- verb ...
... Grace who has been so often in administration , must be aware that busi- ness must be carried on , and that the old proverb is true , that the pot must boil . " - " Why , yes , " re- torted the Duke , " it is an old and a true pro- verb ...
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... Grace , by herself , with what help I know not , but she showed it to me in her blots , and pressed me by all the abjurations of friendship to give her my sincere opinion of it . I acted honourably and did so . She seemed to take it ...
... Grace , by herself , with what help I know not , but she showed it to me in her blots , and pressed me by all the abjurations of friendship to give her my sincere opinion of it . I acted honourably and did so . She seemed to take it ...
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... Grace that the velvet pall that covered the coffin was become thread - bare , and so it remained . ” * Previous to one of her journeys to Rome , dreading the consequences which would follow a discovery of her political intrigues , she ...
... Grace that the velvet pall that covered the coffin was become thread - bare , and so it remained . ” * Previous to one of her journeys to Rome , dreading the consequences which would follow a discovery of her political intrigues , she ...
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... Grace's picture of the ragged boy , " or that Mrs. Masham was ever a suppliant to her for pecuniary relief - cannot now , with any correctness , be ascertained . Cer- tein it is , however , that Harley neglected his re- lation when his ...
... Grace's picture of the ragged boy , " or that Mrs. Masham was ever a suppliant to her for pecuniary relief - cannot now , with any correctness , be ascertained . Cer- tein it is , however , that Harley neglected his re- lation when his ...
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... grace- ful and insinuating manners , the reputation of which has not yet faded , he figures as a brilliant writer and a still more brilliant orator ; his am- bition , moreover , assumed a higher and more romantic character ; while the ...
... grace- ful and insinuating manners , the reputation of which has not yet faded , he figures as a brilliant writer and a still more brilliant orator ; his am- bition , moreover , assumed a higher and more romantic character ; while the ...
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