The Wits and Beaux of SocietyJ. Hogg, 1860 - 580 Seiten |
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... English Cavaliers and the Scotch Highlanders seconded the monarch's valiant onslaught on Cromwell's horse , and the invincible Life Guards were almost driven back by the shock . But they were not seconded ; Charles II . had his horse ...
... English Cavaliers and the Scotch Highlanders seconded the monarch's valiant onslaught on Cromwell's horse , and the invincible Life Guards were almost driven back by the shock . But they were not seconded ; Charles II . had his horse ...
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... English gentleman , do de- cry the king's expenses of his privy purse , which in King James's time did not rise to above 5,000l . a year , and in King Charles's to 10,0007 . , do now cost us above 100,0007 . besides the great charge of ...
... English gentleman , do de- cry the king's expenses of his privy purse , which in King James's time did not rise to above 5,000l . a year , and in King Charles's to 10,0007 . , do now cost us above 100,0007 . besides the great charge of ...
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... English gentleman he had ever seen . ' A capital retort was made to Buckingham by the Princess of Orange , during an interview , when he stopped at the Hague , between her and the Duke . He was trying diplomatically to convince her of ...
... English gentleman he had ever seen . ' A capital retort was made to Buckingham by the Princess of Orange , during an interview , when he stopped at the Hague , between her and the Duke . He was trying diplomatically to convince her of ...
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... English , and who treated the natives as if they were foreigners in their own country . De Grammont , on the contrary , was familiar with every one : he ate , he drank , he lived , in short , according to the custom of . the country ...
... English , and who treated the natives as if they were foreigners in their own country . De Grammont , on the contrary , was familiar with every one : he ate , he drank , he lived , in short , according to the custom of . the country ...
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... English jewellery still had the preference , and was liberally bestowed ; yet Mrs. Middleton , affected and somewhat precise , accepted the gifts but did not seem to encourage the giver . The Count de Grammont , piqued , was beginning ...
... English jewellery still had the preference , and was liberally bestowed ; yet Mrs. Middleton , affected and somewhat precise , accepted the gifts but did not seem to encourage the giver . The Count de Grammont , piqued , was beginning ...
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