| Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1753 - 670 pages
...woman of great beauty, but moft enormoufly vitious and ravenous; foolifh but imperious, very uneafy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, while yet fhe pretended (he was jealous of him. His paffion for her and her ftrange behaviour towards him, did... | |
| William Harris - Great Britain - 1766 - 418 pages
...' ties to his queen, which few men, but himfelf, * ravenous ; foolifh, but imperious ; very uneafy to the * king ; and always carrying on intrigues with other ' men, while yet fhe pretended fhe was jealous of * him. His paffion for her, and her ftrange behaviour *' towards him,... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 512 pages
...she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously wicked and ravenous; foolish, tut imperious ; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues...men, while yet she pretended she was jealous of him." She became Countess of Castlemaine in right of her first husband, but was created Ducbess of Cleveland... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Anglesey (Wales) - 1801 - 474 pages
..." she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously wicked and ravenous; ibolish, but imperious; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues...men, while yet she pretended she was jealous of him." She became Countess of Castlemaine in right of her first husband, but was created Duchess of Cleveland... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1801 - 496 pages
...that she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously wicked and ravenous; foolish, but imperious; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, whilst yet she pretended she was jealous of him." She became Countess of Caotlemain in right of her... | |
| Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 604 pages
...She was a woman of great beautyt but most enormously vitious and ravenous ; foolish, but imperious, very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues...master of himself, nor capable of minding business, which in so critical a time required, great application.1' Burnet's Hist. O T- vol-i. p 94, • Hist... | |
| Arthur Collins - 1812 - 604 pages
...She was a woman of great beauty* but most enormously vitious and ravenous ; foolish, but imperious, very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues...master of himself, nor capable of minding business, which in so critical a time required treat application.'' Burnet's Hist. OT vol.i. p .94. k Hist of... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 396 pages
...She was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously vitious and ravenous; foolish, but imperious; very uneasy to the king; and always carrying on intrigues...master of himself, nor capable of minding business b." In another place, the same writer says, " He delivered himself up to a most enormous course of... | |
| James Norris Brewer - 1801 - 1208 pages
...she was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously wicked and ravenous; foolish, but imperious ; very uneasy to the King, and always carrying on intrigues with other men, whilst yet she pretended she was jealous of him." She became Countess of Castlemaine in right of her... | |
| Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1823 - 642 pages
...She was a woman of great beauty, but most enormously vicious and ravenous ; foolish but imperious, very uneasy to the king, and always carrying on intrigues...master of himself, nor capable of minding business, which, in so critical a time, required great application : but he did then so entirely trust the earl... | |
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