Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence: Collected From the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources; Illustrated With Portraits, Maps and Military Plans; Volume 4
Memoirs of John, Duke of Marlborough: With His Original Correspondence: Collected From the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources; Illustrated With Portraits, Maps and Military Plans; Volume 4
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: ...This draught was transmitted to the duchess, to be forwarded to the duke, and we find two or three trifling alterations in her hand. j. On a separate paper in the hand of Godolphin, hut evidently a continuation. " I have written this in a good deal of haste and disorder, and therefore I believe it wants no ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: ...This draught was transmitted to the duchess, to be forwarded to the duke, and we find two or three trifling alterations in her hand. j. On a separate paper in the hand of Godolphin, hut evidently a continuation. " I have written this in a good deal of haste and disorder, and therefore I believe it wants no little correction; but you may omit or alter any part of it just as you please." We cannot quit this subject, without again adverting to the interminable disputes between the queen and the duchess, which acquired new force at this particular period, and may be traced to the same source. Soon after the victory of Oudenard their altercations produced an open quarrel. The duchess, as mistress of the robes, had arranged the jewels to be worn by the queen, at the solemn Te Deum celebrated on that occasion. The queen refusing to adopt the arrangement, the duchess ascribed her objection to the ill offices of Mrs. Masham, and reproached her, by letter, for such a proof of unkind ness and contempt. She also taunted her royal mistress in the coach, as they passed to the church, and during the service itself, reverting to the subject, she coupled her indiscreet remonstrance with a complaint, in the name of the duke, that he no longer enjoyed the usual degree of confidence and favour. As the queen prepared to reply, the duchess interrupted her, by abruptly requesting, that she would cease the conversation, lest they should be overheard. Soon after the ceremony, she sent the queen the letter, from the duke, dated July 23, accompanied with an epistle, in a more aggravated style of invective than she had hitherto ventured to employ. The displeasure which so uncourtly and acrimonious an effusion excited, was marked by the tone of the queen's reply. " After the...
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