O

OF

SARAH

DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH,

AUTHORESS OF

AND OF THE

COURT OF QUEEN ANNE.

BY MRS. A. T. THOMSON,

"MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF HENRY THE EIGHTH,"

"LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH," &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

MDCCCXXXIX.

CONTENTS

OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Character of Lord Peterborough-Of Lord MontagueMarriage of the Lady Mary Churchill with Lord Monthermer-Character and success of her husband-The violence of party spirit at this era-Conduct of the Duchess in politics-Her dislike to Lord Rochester-His characterPreferment of Harley to the secretaryship-Views originally entertained by Marlborough and Lord GodolphinAnecdote of Lord Wharton at Bath-A proof of political Page 1

rancour

CHAPTER II.

Conduct of Lord Sunderland-Influence of the Duchess understood at foreign courts-Anecdote of Charles the

Third of Spain

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