Author: John Heneage JessePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334111464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Court of England, Vol. 3 of 4: During the Reigns of William and Mary, Queen Anne, and the First and Second Georges Born in 1683 - Educated at the Court of Berlin - Her Personal Attractions - Refuses the Hand of the Arch duke Charles Her Marriage to George the Second Seized Soon Afterward with the Smallpox George the First's Dislike of the Princess Dignity and Doom of the Princess as Queen - Her Patronage of Men of Wit and Learning Her Levees The Queen Patronises Butler, Savage, and Stephen Duck Philosophical Dis putation between Clarke and Leibnitz Referred to the Queen as Arbitress Her F ondness for Divinity Promotes the Arian Doctrines Her Patronage of Doctor Clarke Ofiers Him the See of Canterbury, Which He Declines - Curious Interview on the Subject between Clarke and Walpole - The Queen's Dislike of Fashionable Masquerades Her Uniform Support of Sir R. Walpole -the Queen Dines Frequently with Sir R. Walpole, at Chelsea Strict Etiquette on These Occasions Causes of Walpole's Great In uence over the Queen's Mind The Queen's Adroit Management of the King, and Commanding In uence over Him Anecdote of the King and Queen - The King's Afiection for His Wife Her Toleration of His Mistresses 362. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
