 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1897 - 304 דפים
...great politician and casuist, the duke.1 He is at Oxford with Mr. Clarke. August 3, 1714DEAR DEAN, THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen...What a world is this ! and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland. Pray do not go. I am against it. But... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 384 דפים
...affords, perhaps, the best moral to the tale. To Swift he writes, two days after the death of Anne: " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen...died on Sunday ; what a world is this, and how does it banter us! " Unlike his rival, Oxford, however, his genius seemed to rise with the occasion: " I... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - 1902 - 344 דפים
...of my soul is this : I see plainly that the Tory party is no more." To Swift Bolingbroke wrote : " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen...a world is this, and how does fortune banter us." " It is true, my lord," replied Swift, " the events of five days last week might furnish morals for... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1903 - 452 דפים
...Bolingbroke. He fell Like Lucifer, Never to hope again. " The Earl of Oxford," wrote Bolingbroke to Swift, "was removed on Tuesday. The Queen died on Sunday....What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us !" On the accession of George I., Oxford retired to Herefordshire, but he was not to be left in peace.... | |
 | Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1903 - 410 דפים
...Bolingbroke. He fell Like Lucifer, Never to hope again. "The Earl of Oxford," wrote Bolingbroke to Swift, " was removed on Tuesday. The Queen died on Sunday....What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us !" On the accession of George I., Oxford retired to Herefordshire, but he was not to be left in peace.... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 768 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," says Bolingbroke,? " and how does fortune banter us." The character of the queen [says Stanhope, having... | |
 | George McKinnon Wrong - 1906 - 664 דפים
...acquiesce in an accomplished fact. Bolingbroke, all hope of his own triumph ended, wrote to Swift : " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on Sunday. What a world this is, and how does fortune banter us!" "It is true, my lord," Swift replied, "the events of five... | |
 | Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1908 - 310 דפים
...rapidity with which the Whigs worked, and Bolingbroke uttered a piteous cry to Swift on August 3 : " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday, the Queen...What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us ! " Atterbury showed more spirit, for when Bolingbroke refused to proclaim the Pretender, he cried,... | |
 | Frederick York Powell, Thomas Frederick Tout - 1908 - 394 דפים
...Bolingbroke, " we should have put things in such a condition that there would have been nothing to fear. But Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the queen died on...What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us ! " 17. The reign of Queen Anne witnessed the Union between England and Scotland. The stormy history... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 דפים
...the Tories was over. " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday," wrote Bolingbroke to Swift, " and the queen died on Sunday. What a world is this ! and how does Fortune banter us ! " In a very different strain was the letter sent by Arbuthnot to Letcombe : " My dear mistress's... | |
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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. 
