 | Charles MacFarlane - 1846 - 516 דפים
...of her reign. " The Earl of Oxford," says the still bewildered Bolingbroke, in a letter to Swift, " was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on Sunday....What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us !" On the evening of the 1st of August the Duke of Marlborough approached the English coast : near... | |
 | William Newland Welsby - 1846 - 584 דפים
...The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday," writes Bolingbroke a few days afterwards to Swift, — " the Queen died on Sunday. — What a world is this, and how does fortune baffle us !" On the arrival of the new sovereign, the Chancellor, who Had exercised during an interval... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 דפים
...precautions been taken, when Anne, the laat of the Stuart sovereigns, expired (August 1, AD 1714). "The earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ! The queen...a world is this; and how does fortune banter us!" was Bolingbroke's lamentation over bis short-lived ministry. CHAPTER XXXV. HOUSE oF HANOVER. GEORGE... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1848 - 902 דפים
...thirteenth of her reign. " The Earl of Oxford," says the still bewildered Bolingbroke, in n letter to Swift, "was removed on Tuesday; the queen died on Sunday....a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!" Nearly at the same moment the same plotting statesman assured an ngentof the French king that measures... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 602 דפים
...expired! She had not recovered sufficient consciousness either to take the sacrament or to sign her will. "The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday — the...Queen died on Sunday ! What a world is this, and how docs Fortune banter us!" says Bolingbroke.*1 * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the... | |
 | 1849 - 470 דפים
...died, to the amazement and grief of Bolingbroke and the Jacobites. Writing to Swift, the former said, " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen died on Sunday. What a world this is ! and how does fortune banter us ! " " There is the best cause in Europe lost, for want of... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - 1850 - 516 דפים
...minister, expected it, and almost the first letter he wrote was to Swift, in the following terms : — " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on Sunday. How does Fortune banter us ! The Whigs are a pack of Jacobites. That shall be the cry in a month, if... | |
 | Edmund Phipps - 1850 - 528 דפים
...minister, expected it, and almost the first letter he wrote was to Swift, in the following terms: — " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on Sunday. How does Fortune banter us ! The Whigs are a pack of Jacobites. That shall be the cry in a month, if... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 448 דפים
...She had not recovered sufficient consciousness either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. " The Earl of Oxford " was removed on Tuesday — the...a world is this, and how does Fortune banter " us ! " says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Ang. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 432 דפים
...either to take the Sacrament or to sign her will. " The Earl of Oxford " was removed on Tuesday—the Queen died on Sunday ! " What a world is this, and how does Fortune banter " us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug. 3. 1714. Iberville writes the day before to the King... | |
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THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen died on Sunday. What a world is this and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland. 
