The Town: Its Memorable Characters and EventsOxford University Press, 1907 - 527 pages |
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Page 330
... mistress could not drive her away . But after all he never treated her with the decencies of a mistress'.1 Nell Gwyn is said to have suggested to her royal lover the building of Chelsea Hospital , " and to have made him a present of the ...
... mistress could not drive her away . But after all he never treated her with the decencies of a mistress'.1 Nell Gwyn is said to have suggested to her royal lover the building of Chelsea Hospital , " and to have made him a present of the ...
Page 411
... mistresses whom Prior celebrates , under the name of Chloe , and compares to Venus and Diana , lived in Long Acre , and was the wife , some say , of a common soldier , others of a cobbler , others of the keeper of an ale - house ...
... mistresses whom Prior celebrates , under the name of Chloe , and compares to Venus and Diana , lived in Long Acre , and was the wife , some say , of a common soldier , others of a cobbler , others of the keeper of an ale - house ...
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... mistresses themselves were penance enough . George the Second's German mistress was a Baroness de Walmoden . On the death of Queen Caroline , he brought her over from Germany , and created her Countess of Yarmouth . She had two sons ...
... mistresses themselves were penance enough . George the Second's German mistress was a Baroness de Walmoden . On the death of Queen Caroline , he brought her over from Germany , and created her Countess of Yarmouth . She had two sons ...
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