 Twelfth-night at court, had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred great intimacy, and thenceforwards Lord Chesterfield could obtain no favour...  Reminiscences - Page 42by Horace Walpole - 1819 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1818 - 134 pages
...him with it by his friend sir John Irwin, why he had been put into the queen's Index expurgatorius. The queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...him with it by his friend sir John Irwin, why he had been put into the queen's Index expurgatorius. The queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home- in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...him with it by his friend sir John Irwin, why he had been put into the queen's Index expurgatorius. The queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 540 pages
...Tile queen." says Horace. " hadan otecure window, at St. James's, that looked into a dark tra.-«^, lighted only by a single lamp at night, which looked...had won so large a sum of money that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the ntistrp«. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 592 pages
...him with it by his friend Sir John Irwin, why he had been put into the Queen's Index expurgatorius.* The queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 596 pages
...him with it by his friend Sir John Irwin, why he had been put into the Queen's Index expurgatorius.' The queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the queen inferred... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 470 pages
...the Second, to have indirectly occasioned his loss of influence at Court. "The Queen," says Walpole, "had an obscure window at St. James's that looked...had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it home in the dark, and deposited it with the mistress. Thence the Queen inferred... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...Second, to have indirectly occasioned his loss of influence at Court. " The Queen," says Walpole, " had an obscure window at St. James's that looked into...upon Mrs. Howard's apartment. Lord Chesterfield, one twelfth -night at court, had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it imprudent to carry it... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John), John Doran - Queens - 1855 - 498 pages
...hide the Queen's.' " One other instance may be cited here of Caroline's dislike of her good Howard. " The Queen had an obscure window at St. James's that...upon Mrs. Howard's apartment. Lord Chesterfield, one Twelfth Night at court, had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it not prudent to carry it... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - England - 1855 - 500 pages
...instance may be cited here of Caroline's dislike of her good Howard. " The Queen had an obscure window afc St. James's that looked into a dark passage, lighted...upon Mrs. Howard's apartment. Lord Chesterfield, one Twelfth Night at court, had won so large a sum of money, that he thought it not prudent to carry it... | |
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