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... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . - A Fearful Censure ! -Villiers's Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in ...
... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . - A Fearful Censure ! -Villiers's Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in ...
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... Beauty . - Anthony Hamilton , De Grammont's Biographer . - The Three Courts.- ' La Belle Hamilton .'- Sir Peter Lely's Portrait of her . - The Household Deity of Whitehall . - Who shall have the Calèche ? -A Chaplain in Livery . - De ...
... Beauty . - Anthony Hamilton , De Grammont's Biographer . - The Three Courts.- ' La Belle Hamilton .'- Sir Peter Lely's Portrait of her . - The Household Deity of Whitehall . - Who shall have the Calèche ? -A Chaplain in Livery . - De ...
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... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . - A Fearful Censure ! -Villiers's Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in ...
... Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a Poet . - As a Dramatist . - A Fearful Censure ! -Villiers's Influence in Parliament . - A Scene in the Lords . - The Duke of Ormond in ...
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... beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , cou- rage , fascination of manners , were also his ; but he had not been endowed with firmness of character , and was at once energetic and versatile . Even at ...
... beauty , the matchless grace , of his ill - fated father . Great abilities , cou- rage , fascination of manners , were also his ; but he had not been endowed with firmness of character , and was at once energetic and versatile . Even at ...
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... Beauty of person was hereditary : his father was styled the ' handsomest - bodied man in England , ' and George Villiers the younger equalled George Villiers the elder in all personal accomplishments . When he entered the Presence ...
... Beauty of person was hereditary : his father was styled the ' handsomest - bodied man in England , ' and George Villiers the younger equalled George Villiers the elder in all personal accomplishments . When he entered the Presence ...
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