Some Account of the Life of Rachael Wriothesley, Lady RussellLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819 - 387 Seiten |
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... Duchess of Devonshire , her only surviving child . That the letters of Lord Russell should not have been preserved by his wife , is hardly credible ; yet none of his letters addressed to her are extant , either in the Cavendish or ...
... Duchess of Devonshire , her only surviving child . That the letters of Lord Russell should not have been preserved by his wife , is hardly credible ; yet none of his letters addressed to her are extant , either in the Cavendish or ...
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... Duchess of Orleans , his sister , at the beginning of his disgraceful money transactions with France in June , 1669 , he desires to avoid telling Comminges ( of whose abilities he expresses no good opinion ) ( 1 ) " Les ministres d'etat ...
... Duchess of Orleans , his sister , at the beginning of his disgraceful money transactions with France in June , 1669 , he desires to avoid telling Comminges ( of whose abilities he expresses no good opinion ) ( 1 ) " Les ministres d'etat ...
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... Duchess of Portsmouth told me true , " that they said the jury could not have condemned my " Lord , if my Lord Essex had not died as he did . " See Published Letters , p . 100 . know that she had sufficient power over her feelings , 31.
... Duchess of Portsmouth told me true , " that they said the jury could not have condemned my " Lord , if my Lord Essex had not died as he did . " See Published Letters , p . 100 . know that she had sufficient power over her feelings , 31.
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... Duchess of Portsmouth , in spite of her venality , resisted an offer of a hundred thousand pounds to procure his pardon . ( 1 ) The same cause stifled even an attempt at delivering the letter which Ruvigny is said to have obtained from ...
... Duchess of Portsmouth , in spite of her venality , resisted an offer of a hundred thousand pounds to procure his pardon . ( 1 ) The same cause stifled even an attempt at delivering the letter which Ruvigny is said to have obtained from ...
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... Duchess of Marlbo- rough thought it necessary to assure herself of Lady Russell's approbation , in the critical junc- ture of advising the Princess Anne to acquiesce in the settlement of the crown on the Prince of Orange . ( 1 ) From ...
... Duchess of Marlbo- rough thought it necessary to assure herself of Lady Russell's approbation , in the critical junc- ture of advising the Princess Anne to acquiesce in the settlement of the crown on the Prince of Orange . ( 1 ) From ...
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afterwards created Algernoon Allington Bedford believe blessing brother Burnet character Charles child Countess court daughter dear Lord dearest death desire Devonshire Duchess Duchess of Devonshire Duchess of Portsmouth Duke of Monmouth Duke of York eldest England Essex Evelyn father favour fear feelings Fitzwilliam France give happiness hear heard heart honour hope House husband James King's Lady Russell Lady Scroope Lady Sunderland Lady Vaughan Ladyship live London to Stratton Lord Cavendish Lord Galway Lord Halifax Lord Russell Lord Shaftesbury Lord Tavistock Lordship Madame Madame de Sévigné Marquis marriage married mentioned mind Montague morning mother never night Ogle Parliament person pray Prince Published Letters Queen Rachael Robert Russell's Ruvigny Saville says sent Sidney Sir John Sir William sister sorrow Spencer Sunderland sure tell thing thought to-day told town wife Woburn write yesterday
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Seite 307 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands, and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet...
Seite 365 - I come, kind Gentlemen, strange news to tell ye; I am the Ghost of poor departed Nelly. Sweet Ladies, be not frighted; I'le be civil; I'm what I was, a little harmless Devil.
Seite 46 - You that knew us both, and how we lived, must allow I have just cause to bewail my loss. I know it is common with others to lose a friend ; but to have lived with such a one, it may be questioned how few can glory in the like happiness, so consequently lament the like loss.
Seite 35 - Now the bitterness of death is past," and ran out into a long discourse concerning her — how great a blessing she had been to him ; and said, what a misery it would have been to him, if she had not had that magnanimity of spirit, joined to her tenderness, as never to have desired him to do a base thing for the saving of his life : VOL.
Seite 371 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland...
Seite 46 - ... silent under it; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat and sleep with. All these things are irksome to me now: the day unwelcome, and the night so too. All company and meals I would avoid, if it might be...
Seite 46 - I know I have deserved my punishment, and will be silent under it; but yet secretly my heart mourns, too sadly I fear, and cannot be comforted, because I have not the dear companion and sharer of all my joys and sorrows. I want him to talk with, to walk with, to eat and sleep with; all these things are irksome to me now; the day unwelcome, and the night so, too; all company and meals I would avoid if it might be...
Seite 193 - My sister, being here, tells me she overheard you tell her Lord last night, that you would take notice of the business (you know what I mean) in the House ; this alarms me, and I do earnestly beg of you to tell me truly if you have or mean to do it ; if you do, I am most assured you will repent it. I beg once more to know the truth.
Seite 66 - The new scenes of each day make me often conclude myself very void of temper and reason, that I still shed tears of sorrow and not of joy, that so good a man is landed safe on the happy shore of a blessed eternity ; doubtless he is at rest, though I find none without him, so true a partner he was in all my joys and griefs...
Seite 59 - God has been pitiful to my small grace," she wrote to Dr. Fitzwilliam, " and removed a threatened blow, which must have quickened my sorrows, if not added to them, — the loss of my poor boy. He has been ill, and God has let me see the folly of my imaginations, which made me apt to conclude I had nothing left the deprivation of which could be matter of much anguish, or its possession of any considerable refreshment.