He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oecouomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions and such vast expectations. He was modest and diffident too, but could not digest total dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother.... The British Prose Writers - Página 571821Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Horace Walpole - 1818 - 134 páginas
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of Tier father and grandfather, earls of Sunderland. She was connected with Henry Fox, the first lord... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1819 - 350 páginas
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, iniinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions and such vast expectations. He was piodest and diffident too, but could not digest total dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother.... | |
| Sir Charles Hanbury Williams - 1822 - 464 páginas
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of her Eather and grandfather earls of Sunderland. She was connected * Lady Sunderland was a great politician... | |
| Charles Hanbury-Williams - 1822 - 292 páginas
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother. Hig sister, lady Bateman, had the intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather earls of Sunderland.... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1830 - 356 páginas
...opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, in6nite generosity, and not more oeconomy than was to 'be expected from a young man of warm...great influence over the duke of Marlborough. What au object would it be to Fox to convert to the court so great a subject as the * Lady Sunderland was... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 532 páginas
...soon as it should find time and opportunity to display • itself."* "Lady Bateman," says Walpole, " had the intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather,...Holland, and both had great influence over the Duke of Marlborough.f What an object would it be with Fox to convert to the Court so great a subject as the... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 páginas
...sense," says Horace Walpole, " infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected of a young man of warm passions, and such vast expectations....dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother." Both the Duke and his brother John (or, as the latter was familiarly termed, "Jack Spencer,") were... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 530 páginas
...sense," says Horace Walpole, "infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected of a young man of warm passions, and such vast expectations....dependence on a capricious and avaricious grandmother." Both the Duke and his brother John (or, as the latter was familiarly termed, "Jack Spencer,") were... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1857 - 576 páginas
...Opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...Lord Holland, and both had great influence over the [second] Duke of Marlborough. What an object would it be to Fox to convert to the Court so great a... | |
| Horace Walpole - 1857 - 586 páginas
...Opposition, though the eldest she never loved. He had good sense, infinite generosity, and not more economy than was to be expected from a young man of warm passions...intriguing spirit of her father and grandfather, Earls of Sundcrland. She was connected with Henry Fox, the first Lord Holland, and both had great influence... | |
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