Novels and Miscellaneous Works: With Prefaces and Notes, Including Those Attributed to Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4G. Bell and Sons, 1724 |
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Page 157
... Duke of - ) , after a short com- pliment , led me out into the middle of the room . I was dressed in the same vest and girdle as before , but the robe had a mantle over it , which is usual in the Turkish habit , and it was of crimson ...
... Duke of - ) , after a short com- pliment , led me out into the middle of the room . I was dressed in the same vest and girdle as before , but the robe had a mantle over it , which is usual in the Turkish habit , and it was of crimson ...
Page 255
... duke , I don't know which ) , took her out , and danced with her ; but after a while , my lady on a sudden shut the drawing - room , and run up stairs with her woman , Mrs. Amy ; and though she did not stay long ( for I suppose she had ...
... duke , I don't know which ) , took her out , and danced with her ; but after a while , my lady on a sudden shut the drawing - room , and run up stairs with her woman , Mrs. Amy ; and though she did not stay long ( for I suppose she had ...
Page 353
... Duke of MARLBOROUGH , In the Quality of A Foot Soldier and Dragoon , Gave many signal Proofs of an unparallell'd CoURAGS and personal Bravery . Taken from her own Mouth when A Pensioner of Chelsea - Hospital , And known to be true by ...
... Duke of MARLBOROUGH , In the Quality of A Foot Soldier and Dragoon , Gave many signal Proofs of an unparallell'd CoURAGS and personal Bravery . Taken from her own Mouth when A Pensioner of Chelsea - Hospital , And known to be true by ...
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... duke of Luxemburg having invested Huy , the 18th of July , 1693 , King William , to make a diversion , detached the Prince of Wirtemberg with twenty battalions and forty squadrons , which forced the French lines in Flanders , and put ...
... duke of Luxemburg having invested Huy , the 18th of July , 1693 , King William , to make a diversion , detached the Prince of Wirtemberg with twenty battalions and forty squadrons , which forced the French lines in Flanders , and put ...
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... Duke of Berwick frequently came to see that we were well used , and not defrauded of our allowance . advised us to take on in the French service , as seven of the English did ; he spoke to me in particular ; I answered , that I had ...
... Duke of Berwick frequently came to see that we were well used , and not defrauded of our allowance . advised us to take on in the French service , as seven of the English did ; he spoke to me in particular ; I answered , that I had ...
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