 | Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1822 - 292 Seiten
...much, That they too did the same. * The reconciliation between the Royalties is finished, and £.50,000 a year more added to the Heir Apparent'* revenue;...so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than being a maid of honour, who was willing... | |
 | 1822 - 440 Seiten
...have him ? Does not he consider that whoeverare my ministers, J jiiust be king :" His chief passioa was women, but like the rest of his race, beauty was...been debauched without loving him so well as either Ijord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, and no other charms than... | |
 | 1822 - 962 Seiten
...consider that whoever are my ministers, I must be king?" His chief passion was women, but, like tbe rest of his race, beauty was not a necessary ingredient....so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than of being a maid of honour, who was... | |
 | 1832 - 592 Seiten
...honour; and Lady Middlesex, who was very short, plain, and yellow. His chief passion, says Walpole, was women ; but, like the rest of his race, beauty was not a necessary ingredient. He was, however, in the same author's opinion, notwithstanding his gross infidelity, a very good husband... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 488 Seiten
...of intrigue, there is no necessity to dwell at length. " His chief passion," says Horace Walpole, " was women, but, like the rest of his race, beauty...so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than of being a maid of honour, who was... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 444 Seiten
...man of intrigue, there is no necessity to dwell at length. " His chief passion," says Horace Walpole, "was women, but, like the rest of his race, beauty...so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than of being a maid of honour, who was... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 448 Seiten
...man of intrigue, there is no necessity to dwell at length. " His chief passion," says Horace Walpole, "was women, but, like the rest of his race, beauty...so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than of being a maid of honour, who was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 666 Seiten
...(see Walpole, Memoirs of George the Second, vol. i. , pp. 180-182). 1 Walpole remarks of Frederic : " His chief passion was women, but, like the rest of his race, beauty was not a necessary ingredient." Lady Middlesex, Mistress of the Robes to the Princess, " was very short, very plain and very yellow,... | |
 | 1907 - 694 Seiten
...was not content to be faithful. " The chief passion of the Prince was women," says Horace Walpole, " but like the rest of his race beauty was not a necessary ingredient." Soon after he came to England he had an intrigue with Anne Vane, the eldest daughter of Gilbert, Baron... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1907 - 378 Seiten
...was not content to be faithful. " The chief passion of the Prince was women," says Horace Walpole ; " but, like the rest of his race, beauty was not a necessary ingredient." Soon after he came to England he had an intrigue with Anne Vane, the eldest daughter of Gilbert, Baron... | |
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* whom he had debauched without loving, and who had been debauched without loving him, so well as either Lord Harrington or Lord Hervey, who both pretended to her first favours, had no other charms than being a maid of honour, who was willing to cease... 
