The Wits and Beaux of SocietyJ. Hogg, 1860 - 580 pages |
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Page iv
... Marriage . - The Last Days of Fops and Beaux . P. 91 OF CERTAIN CLUBS AND CLUB - WITS UNDER ANNE . The Origin of Clubs . - The Establishment of Coffee - houses . - The October Club . - The Beef - steak Club . Of certain other Clubs ...
... Marriage . - The Last Days of Fops and Beaux . P. 91 OF CERTAIN CLUBS AND CLUB - WITS UNDER ANNE . The Origin of Clubs . - The Establishment of Coffee - houses . - The October Club . - The Beef - steak Club . Of certain other Clubs ...
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... Marriage . -Horace in Favour . - Anecdote of Sir William Stanhope . - A Paper House.- Walpole's Habits.- Why did he not Marry ? Dowagers as plenty as Flounders . ' -Catherine Hyde , Duchess of Queensberry . - Anecdote of Lady Grenville ...
... Marriage . -Horace in Favour . - Anecdote of Sir William Stanhope . - A Paper House.- Walpole's Habits.- Why did he not Marry ? Dowagers as plenty as Flounders . ' -Catherine Hyde , Duchess of Queensberry . - Anecdote of Lady Grenville ...
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... married again , and uniting herself to Randolph Macdonald , Earl of Antrim , became a rigid Catholic . She was therefore lost to her children , or rather , they were lost to her ; for King Charles I. , who had promised to be a ' husband ...
... married again , and uniting herself to Randolph Macdonald , Earl of Antrim , became a rigid Catholic . She was therefore lost to her children , or rather , they were lost to her ; for King Charles I. , who had promised to be a ' husband ...
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... marriage to one of the daughters of Cromwell , but was refused . He went abroad in 1648 , but returned with Charles II . to Scotland in 1650 , and again escaped to France after the battle of Worcester , 1651. The sale of the pictures ...
... marriage to one of the daughters of Cromwell , but was refused . He went abroad in 1648 , but returned with Charles II . to Scotland in 1650 , and again escaped to France after the battle of Worcester , 1651. The sale of the pictures ...
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... grandfather , good Sir George , who married a serving - woman in his deceased wife's kitchen ; * and that * Sir George Villiers's second wife was Mary , ' daughter of Antony Beau- HE APPEARS AS A MOUNTEBANK . 13 serving - woman.
... grandfather , good Sir George , who married a serving - woman in his deceased wife's kitchen ; * and that * Sir George Villiers's second wife was Mary , ' daughter of Antony Beau- HE APPEARS AS A MOUNTEBANK . 13 serving - woman.
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