Duchess Sarah: Being the Social History of the Times of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, with Glimpses of Her Life & Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth CenturiesLongmans, Green, and Company, 1904 - 400 strán (strany) |
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... thought that has encour- aged me through many interruptions , disappointments , and my own want of literary experience , has been that another writer , though abler , might have less sympathy for Sarah's character than one of her own ...
... thought that has encour- aged me through many interruptions , disappointments , and my own want of literary experience , has been that another writer , though abler , might have less sympathy for Sarah's character than one of her own ...
Strana 10
... thought it " the most blessed picture , that I must have a copy . However , notwithstanding Pepys ' admiration for the lady , he did not approve of the King so constantly visiting her and thereby neglecting state affairs , and was very ...
... thought it " the most blessed picture , that I must have a copy . However , notwithstanding Pepys ' admiration for the lady , he did not approve of the King so constantly visiting her and thereby neglecting state affairs , and was very ...
Strana 12
... thought her a great beauty , and describes her as dressed in a cocked hat with a red plume , " with her sweet eye , little Roman nose , and excellent taille . " The King fell so deeply in love with her that he openly slighted the Queen ...
... thought her a great beauty , and describes her as dressed in a cocked hat with a red plume , " with her sweet eye , little Roman nose , and excellent taille . " The King fell so deeply in love with her that he openly slighted the Queen ...
Strana 15
... thought the duchess and Lady Castle- maine very witty . He also describes a ball at which the King led the Duchess of York in the Bransle , a sort of minuet , the Duke of York following with the Duchess of Buckingham , the Duke of ...
... thought the duchess and Lady Castle- maine very witty . He also describes a ball at which the King led the Duchess of York in the Bransle , a sort of minuet , the Duke of York following with the Duchess of Buckingham , the Duke of ...
Strana 19
... thought of . When he came to the throne his power had been strengthened by a large grant of money , and at his wish the army was disbanded . The political history of Charles's reign is a record of misgovernment , corruption , and ...
... thought of . When he came to the throne his power had been strengthened by a large grant of money , and at his wish the army was disbanded . The political history of Charles's reign is a record of misgovernment , corruption , and ...
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