| Washington Irving - 1882 - 1002 pages
...whom he had no issue. Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngcat sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester, a noble family ; for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous. This Duchess was a wise, witty, and learned lady, which her many Bookes do well testify... | |
| 1885 - 692 pages
...compose the inscription : " Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to Lord Lucas, of Colchester, a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous." some scattered fragments. The grand entrenchment which surrounds the Norman keep... | |
| Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 pages
...duchess of Newcastle : ' Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the lord Lucas of Colchester ; a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous.' In books of chivalry, where the point of honour is strained to madness, the whole... | |
| William Wheeler - Spectator - 1892 - 200 pages
...Dutchess of Newcastle : ' Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester ; a noble Family, for all the Brothers were valiant, and all the Sisters virtuous.1 " 155-2-1. Many have I known more famous, some more knowing, not one so innocent.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1892 - 422 pages
...whom he had no issue. Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester, a noble family; for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous. This Dutchess was a wise, witty, and learned lady, which her many Bookes do well... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1893 - 250 pages
...Newcastle : — " Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest sister to the Lord Lucas of Colchester ; — a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant and all the sisters virtuous." I look to the temper of the times in forming rules for conduct. Of late years we... | |
| Joseph Knight - Actors - 1894 - 368 pages
...Newcastle, a member of the family of Lucas, Earl of Colchester, called on a monument in Westminster Abbey " a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous." Of those brothers and sisters her Grace says, in words by which the critic of the... | |
| James Samuel Stone - Derbyshire (England) - 1894 - 238 pages
...can be finer : ' ' Her name was Margaret Lucas, youngest daughter of Lord Lucas, Earl of Colchester, a noble family, for all the brothers were valiant, and all the sisters virtuous. " The next Duke of Newcastle, Henry, also lived much at Bolsover; and when he died... | |
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