Diary Illustrative of the Times of George the Fourth: Comprising the Secret History of the Court, During the Reigns of George III. and George IV ... with Original Letters from ... Queen Caroline, the Princess Charlotte, and from Other Distinguished Persons, Volume 4H. Colburn, 1839 |
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Page 322 - And his majesty has since used, and continues to use, his most anxious endeavours and good offices to allay the irritation unhappily subsisting between the French and Spanish governments : and to avert, if possible, the calamity of war between France and Spain.
Page 271 - ... they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect : which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 88 - Nobody's coming to marry her," nor I fear never will ; so I and Joan shall live and die together, like two turtle-doves, or rather like dem two foolish women, Lady Eleanor Butler and Mile. Ponsonby, who must be mad, I should tink, to choose to leave the world, and set up in a hermitage in Wales, — mais chacun a son gout, — it would not be mine. My dear , I do dread being married to a lady friend. Men are tyrants, mais de women — heaven help us ! dey are vrais Neros over those they rule. No,...
Page 49 - He was all couleur de rose last evening, and very pleasant ; he sat beside me at supper, and we were very merry ; he is quite anoder man when he is wid people he like, and who like him, than he is when he is wid oders who do not please him so well. I always tell him there are two Lord Byrons, and when I invite him, I say, I ask the agreeable Lord, not the disagreeable one. He take my plaisanterie all in good part, and I flatter myself I am rather a favourite with this great bard.
Page 91 - Majesty, congratulating her on the glorious termination of her trial. I assure you, my dear , no one's congratulations have been more welcome to me than yours. I do indeed feel thankful at having put my enemies to confusion, and received the justice my conduct and character deserved. Mais helas, it .comes too late, dear . Her who would have rejoiced wid me at her moder's triumph is losset to me ; but she is in a much better world dan de present, and we shall meet soon I trust, for to tell you de...
Page 147 - ... her rights and privileges in a foreign country, and left almost without any attendants, made her feel very melancholy. I never can understand how Queen Charlotte dared refuse to receive the Princess of Wales at the public drawing-room, any more than she would any other lady, of whom nothing had been publicly proved against her character. Of one thing there can be no doubt, — the Queen is the slave of the Regent.
Page 115 - I have an aversion, a pity and contempt for all female scribblers. The needle, not the pen, is the instrument they should handle, and the only one they ever use dexterously.
Page 54 - F y, and they say she has confessed her marriage to the King, who is miserable at his expected loss of his daughter, who is his favourite; and I do not wonder, for she always appeared to me the most amiable of the whole set. So she is destined to be taken away. Well — perhaps it is as happy for her, poor ting, that she should; for there is not much felicity, I believe, amidst dem all. When I left the royal presence, I thought to myself, You shall not catch me here again in a hurry.
Page 211 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Page 92 - I wonder my head is not quite bewildered wid all I have suffered — and it is not over yet wid me. Dat cruel personage will never let me have peace so long as I stay in dis country: his rancune is boundless against me. " I was sure you would rejoice at my glory, dear ; no one has been more true to me dan yourself at all times, and you have not wasted your interest on an ingrate, I assure you.