 Lady Sundon had received a pair of diamond ear-rings as a bribe for procuring a considerable post in Queen Caroline's family for a certain peer ; ' and, decked with those jewels, paid a visit to the old Duchess ; who, as soon as she was gone, said, "...  Reminiscences - Page 71by Horace Walpole - 1819 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Books and bookselling - 1798 - 418 pages
...prtftnt, ' how ' ihould people know where wine is ' fold, unlefs a büíh is hung out ?' 1 he Duchefs of Buckingham was as much elated by owing her birth to James II. as the Maryborough was by the favour of his daughter. Lady Dorchelter*, the mother of the former, tndeavoured... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1798 - 524 pages
...Her fury did but increafe when foon as (he was gone, faid, ' What 1 an impudent creature, to come 1 hither with her bribe in her ear !' — • Madam,' replied Lady Mary Wortley, who was preftnt, ' how 1 ihould people know where wine is 4 fold, unlefs a bufh is hung out ?' The DucheTs... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1818 - 134 pages
...those jewels, paid a visit to the old duchess ; who, as soon as she was gone, said, " What an impudent creature, to come hither with her bribe in her ear...Buckingham was as much elated by owing her birth to James H. as the Marlborough was by the favour of his daughter. Lady Dorchester*, the mother of the former,... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 464 pages
...those jewels, paid a visit to the old duchess ; who, as soon as she was gone, said, " What an impudent creature, to come hither with her bribe in her ear...much elated by owing her birth to James II. as the Marlborov.gh was by the favour of his daughter. Lady Dorchester,* the mother of the former, endeavoured... | |
 | Charles Hanbury-Williams - English literature - 1822 - 314 pages
...those jewels, paid a visit to the old duchess ; who, as soon as she was gone, said, " What an impudent creature, to come hither with her bribe in her ear...know where wine is sold, unless a bush is hung out ?" Pope having drawn his famous character of Atossa, he communicated it to the duchesses of Marlborough... | |
 | Charles Hanbury-Williams - English literature - 1822 - 292 pages
...those jewels, paid a visit to the old duchess ; who, as soon as she was gone, said, " What an impudent creature, to come hither with her bribe in her ear!"...know where wine is sold, unless a bush is hung out ?" And tho' you fail in one attempt, yet try Again, nor let the scheme forgotten lie. You seem to think... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - Great Britain - 1824 - 478 pages
...exclaimed, " What an impudent creature, to come with her bribe in her ear !" " Madam," said Lady MW Montagu, who was present, " how should people know where wine is sold, unless a bush is hung out ?" this post ; but tell them I hear they were prodigious civil to my niece, which I take to myself,... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - Great Britain - 1824 - 486 pages
...exclaimed, " What an impudent creature, to come with her bribe in her ear!" " Madam," said Lady MW Montagu, who was present, " how should people know where wine is sold, unless a bush is hung out ?" this post; but tell them I hear they were prodigious civil to my niece, which I take to myself,... | |
 | John Hervey Baron Hervey - Great Britain - 1848 - 608 pages
...impudent creature, to come here with her bribe in her ear!" ' Madam,' replied Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who was present, ' how should people know where wine is sold unless a bush is hung out?' " But seepost, i. 448, n. II, ii. 184, n. 5, and 506, n. 12. her than whom she wanted—a way of thinking... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...contributed by Lady Louisa Stuart to Lord Wharncliffe's edit, of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's Works. 4 "The Duchess of Buckingham was as much elated by owing her birth to James II. :by Catherine Sedley) as the Slarlborough {the Duchess) was by the favour of his daughter. She indulged... | |
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