Duchess Sarah: Being the Social History of the Times of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, with Glimpses of Her Life & Anecdotes of Her Contemporaries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
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... He meets with an accident at Hampton Court - He never recovers - Expires at Kensington Bentinck's devotion to his master - William's affability to Lady Rutland - 106 CHAPTER VI UNDER QUEEN ANNE 1702-1704 Anne proclaimed Queen - X CONTENTS.
... He meets with an accident at Hampton Court - He never recovers - Expires at Kensington Bentinck's devotion to his master - William's affability to Lady Rutland - 106 CHAPTER VI UNDER QUEEN ANNE 1702-1704 Anne proclaimed Queen - X CONTENTS.
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... Kensington -- A fable illustrating their lifelong friendship - Comparison of the Queen's advisers - The story of the gloves - Reasons for Sarah's loss of influence - Duchess found the Queen dull - Sarah ordered to remove her belongings ...
... Kensington -- A fable illustrating their lifelong friendship - Comparison of the Queen's advisers - The story of the gloves - Reasons for Sarah's loss of influence - Duchess found the Queen dull - Sarah ordered to remove her belongings ...
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... Kensington Palace . William had purchased this house from the Earl of Nottingham for 18,000 guineas , and began making improvements , which were entrusted to Sir Christopher Wren . William took immense interest in the building , and ...
... Kensington Palace . William had purchased this house from the Earl of Nottingham for 18,000 guineas , and began making improvements , which were entrusted to Sir Christopher Wren . William took immense interest in the building , and ...
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... Kensington , " We live in the same solitude as we should do if cast on a rock in the middle of the ocean , and all Londoners tell us between them and us there is a great impassable gulf of mud . " A patrol was supposed to keep the road ...
... Kensington , " We live in the same solitude as we should do if cast on a rock in the middle of the ocean , and all Londoners tell us between them and us there is a great impassable gulf of mud . " A patrol was supposed to keep the road ...
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... Kensington . Before deciding on this step , she con- sulted her friends , amongst others Lord Godolphin , who said no one could accuse Sarah of a " mean court " to the King and Queen in fulfilling her duties to Anne . It does not appear ...
... Kensington . Before deciding on this step , she con- sulted her friends , amongst others Lord Godolphin , who said no one could accuse Sarah of a " mean court " to the King and Queen in fulfilling her duties to Anne . It does not appear ...
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