Wits and Beaux of SocietyG. Routledge, 1883 - 508 pages |
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Page iii
... Poor Mary Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a ...
... Poor Mary Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a ...
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... Poor Queen Caroline ! -Nocturnal Diversions of Maids of Honour . - Neighbour George's Orange Chest.- Mary Lepel , Lady Hervey . - Rivalry . - Hervey's Intimacy with Lady Mary . -Relaxations of the Royal Household . - Bacon's Opinion of ...
... Poor Queen Caroline ! -Nocturnal Diversions of Maids of Honour . - Neighbour George's Orange Chest.- Mary Lepel , Lady Hervey . - Rivalry . - Hervey's Intimacy with Lady Mary . -Relaxations of the Royal Household . - Bacon's Opinion of ...
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... Poor Chatterton . - Walpole's Concern with Chatterton . - Walpole in Paris . - Anecdote of Madame Geoffrin .- ' Who's that Mr. Walpole ? — The Miss Berrys . - Horace's two ' Straw Berries .'- Tapping a New Reign . -The Sign of the ...
... Poor Chatterton . - Walpole's Concern with Chatterton . - Walpole in Paris . - Anecdote of Madame Geoffrin .- ' Who's that Mr. Walpole ? — The Miss Berrys . - Horace's two ' Straw Berries .'- Tapping a New Reign . -The Sign of the ...
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... Poor Mary Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a ...
... Poor Mary Fairfax . - Villiers in the Tower . - Abraham Cowley , the Poet . - The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall . - Buckingham's Wit and Beauty . - Flecknoe's Opinion of Him . - His Duel with the Earl of Shrews- bury . - Villiers as a ...
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... poor that the people went into the rooms before I went away , to see if I had not stolen something or other . ' With what reverence and sympathy did our Peyys listen ; but he was forced to hurry off to get Lord Berkeley a bed ; and with ...
... poor that the people went into the rooms before I went away , to see if I had not stolen something or other . ' With what reverence and sympathy did our Peyys listen ; but he was forced to hurry off to get Lord Berkeley a bed ; and with ...
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