To that most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave, composed of " their High Mightinesses the Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at "Almack's, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the " Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, whose Sovereign '... Almack's: A Novel - Page vby Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1827Full view - About this book
| Marianne Spencer Stanhope Hudson - 1826 - 422 pages
...1826. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY THE GIFT OF FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY /*i•« I "•"/fb i A //— ' " TO THAT MOST DISTINGUISHED AND DESPOTIC CONCLAVE....established on the firmest basis, Whose Decrees are Law,p, and from whose judgement there is no appeal; To these important Personages, all and severally,... | |
| 1827 - 396 pages
...others it will he little more than a sealed hook. With peculiar propriety, the work is inscrihed " To that Most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave,...the Balls at Almack's, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arhiters of Taste, the Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners, &c. &c. &c. &c. &c. &c." Viewing... | |
| Lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 360 pages
...desperate conclave, composed of their High Mightinesses the Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at Almacks, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the...firmest basis, whose decrees are laws, and from whose judgment there is no appeal ; to these important Personages, all and severally, who have formed, or... | |
| lord William Pitt Lennox - 1877 - 502 pages
...some fifty years ago, I find the following dedication : " To that most distinguished and desperate conclave, composed of their High Mightinesses the Ladies Patronesses of the Balls at Almacks, the Rulers of Fashion, the Arbiters of Taste, the Leaders of Ton, and the Makers of Manners,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1898 - 536 pages
...Almach's, the very clever and personal picture of fashionable life, published in 1826, is dedicated " To that most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave,...firmest basis, whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment " there is no appeal." Over this " Willis Coalition Cabinet " Lady Jersey, as " Lady Hauton,"... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 532 pages
...Almach's, the very clever and personal picture of fashionable life, published in 1826, is dedicated " To that most Distinguished and Despotic Conclave,...firmest basis, whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment ' there is no appeal." Over this " Willis Coalition Cabinet " Lady ersey, as " Lady Hauton,"... | |
| Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1908 - 410 pages
...the author of a novel bearing the simple title " Almack's " to the following satirical dedication : " To that most distinguished and despotic CONCLAVE,...firmest basis, Whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment there 1 Life and Recollections. is no appeal ; To these important personages, all and severally,... | |
| Lady Elizabeth Wilhelmine Coke Spencer-Stanhope - 1913 - 406 pages
...keynote of the book is struck in its dedication : — To that most distinguished and despotic CONCLAVE THE LADIES PATRONESSES OF THE BALLS AT ALMACK'S The...firmest basis, Whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment there is no appeal : To these important personages, all and severally, Who have formed, or... | |
| 1913 - 408 pages
...keynote of the book is struck in its dedication : — To that most distinguished and despotic CONCLAVE THE LADIES PATRONESSES OF THE BALLS AT ALMACK'S The...firmest basis, Whose Decrees are Laws, and from whose judgment there is no appeal ; To these important personages, all and severally, Who have formed, or... | |
| Elizabeth Lee - 1918 - 300 pages
...and bestowed happiness by granting the vouchers of admission, or despair by withholding them, as : " That most distinguished and despotic conclave, composed...taste, the leaders of ton, and the makers of manners, 1 Known to later generations as Willis's Rooms. 102 whose sovereign sway over ' the world ' of London... | |
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