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" He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oecouomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions and such vast expectations. He was modest and diffident too, but could not digest total dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother.... "
The British Prose Writers - Page 57
1821
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Lord Orford's Reminiscences..

Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1818 - 134 pages
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of Tier father and grandfather, earls of Sunderland. She was connected with Henry Fox, the first lord...
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Reminiscences

Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 pages
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, iniinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions and such vast expectations. He was piodest and diffident too, but could not digest total dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother....
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The Works, of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams - 1822 - 464 pages
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of her Eather and grandfather earls of Sunderland. She was connected * Lady Sunderland was a great politician...
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The Works, of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ..., Volume 1

Charles Hanbury-Williams - English literature - 1822 - 292 pages
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother. Hig sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather earls of Sunderland....
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Walpoliana

Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, in6nite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to 'be expected from a young man of warm...great influence over the duke of Marlborough. What au object would it be to Fox to convert to the court so great a subject as the * Lady Sunderland was...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 532 pages
...soon as it should find time and opportunity to display • itself."* "Lady Bateman," says Walpole, " had the intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather,...Holland, and both had great influence over the Duke of Marlborough.f What an object would it be with Fox to convert to the Court so great a subject as the...
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Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 pages
...sense," says Horace Walpole, " infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected of a young man of warm passions, and such vast expectations....dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother." Both the Duke and his brother John (or, as the latter was familiarly termed, "Jack Spencer,") were...
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 530 pages
...sense," says Horace Walpole, "infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected of a young man of warm passions, and such vast expectations....dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother." Both the Duke and his brother John (or, as the latter was familiarly termed, "Jack Spencer,") were...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 1

Horace Walpole - 1857 - 576 pages
...Opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...Lord Holland, and both had great influence over the [second] Duke of Marlborough. What an object would it be to Fox to convert to the Court so great a...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, Volume 1

Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1857 - 586 pages
...Opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather, Earls of Sundcrland. She was connected with Henry Fox, the first Lord Holland, and both had great influence...
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