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... Sir John Stanley . ' King William , who bestowed the usual addition to the Maid of Honour's portion , granted her the apartments in Whitehall which were afterwards the Duke of Dorset's . Sir John was at that time Secretary to the Lord ...
... Sir John Stanley . ' King William , who bestowed the usual addition to the Maid of Honour's portion , granted her the apartments in Whitehall which were afterwards the Duke of Dorset's . Sir John was at that time Secretary to the Lord ...
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... Sir John Stanley at Whitehall . I quitted my good aud kind mistress with great sorrow , as well as Lady Jane Douglas ( whose regard for me made her delight in all my little occupations ; she would pick up the little flowers and birds I ...
... Sir John Stanley at Whitehall . I quitted my good aud kind mistress with great sorrow , as well as Lady Jane Douglas ( whose regard for me made her delight in all my little occupations ; she would pick up the little flowers and birds I ...
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... Sir Bevil Granville , and they and their large family at this time all lived ... John Stanley's brother's wife , who was one year younger than myself . She ... Sir William Leveson Gower , and of his wife the Lady Jane Granville , ( eldest ...
... Sir Bevil Granville , and they and their large family at this time all lived ... John Stanley's brother's wife , who was one year younger than myself . She ... Sir William Leveson Gower , and of his wife the Lady Jane Granville , ( eldest ...
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Mary Delany Augusta Hall (baroness Llanover). During my residence at Sir John Stanley's , there happened the very remarkable attack upon the life of my Lord Oxford , ' by Guiscard . This man had already been taken up as a spy and sent to ...
Mary Delany Augusta Hall (baroness Llanover). During my residence at Sir John Stanley's , there happened the very remarkable attack upon the life of my Lord Oxford , ' by Guiscard . This man had already been taken up as a spy and sent to ...
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... Sir John Stanley , Baronet , of Grange Gormon , Ireland . 3 The seal given by Queen Mary to Ann Granville ( afterwards Lady Stanley ) , is still preserved in the family . It has the head of Minerva in a helmet , engraved on an amethyst ...
... Sir John Stanley , Baronet , of Grange Gormon , Ireland . 3 The seal given by Queen Mary to Ann Granville ( afterwards Lady Stanley ) , is still preserved in the family . It has the head of Minerva in a helmet , engraved on an amethyst ...
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Pagina 256 - Some testimonies of learned men, in favour of the intended edition of the Saxon Homilies, concerning the learning of the author of those homilies, and the advantages to be hoped for from an edition of them. In a letter from the publisher to a doctor in divinity...
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Pagina 264 - OF what an easy, quick access, My blessed Lord, art Thou ! how suddenly May our requests Thine ear invade ! To show that state dislikes not easiness. If I but lift mine eyes, my suit is made : Thou canst no more not hear, than Thou canst die.
Pagina 67 - ... for her. Yet still his pride struggled with his inclination ; for all this time she was engaged to sing in public, a circumstance very grievous to her, but urged by the best of motives, she submitted to it, in order to assist her parents, whose fortune was much reduced by Mr. Robinson's loss of sight, which deprived him of the benefit of his profession as a painter.
Pagina 444 - ... cobwebs and dirt and mortar; then found me in his own room on a ladder writing on a picture : and half an hour afterwards lying on the grass in the court with the dogs and the children, in my slippers and without my hat. He had...
Pagina 188 - Queen; she hopes by such an unprecedented order as this is that the King will see as few as he wishes at his Court, particularly such as dare to think or speak truth.
Pagina 42 - ... service, although it might be difficult to see how their experience was improved by it. It was no uncommon thing for a commission to be obtained for a child in the cradle ; and when he came from college, the fortunate youth was at least a lieutenant of some standing, by dint of fair promotion. To sum up this catalogue of abuses, commissions were in some instances bestowed upon young ladies, when pensions could not be had. We...
Pagina 134 - The above fact is cited, in a note to Lord Hervey's Memoirs, as an excuse for borrowing and hiring. 1 There are frequent allusions in these letters to the purchase and selection of flax. Mary Granville and her mother were celebrated spinners, both in flax and in that preparation of wool called Jersey.
Pagina 277 - Hogarth has promised to give me some instructions about drawing that will be of great use, — some rules of his own that he says will improve me more in a day than a year's learning in the common way.