Tenth Report Of The Royal Commission On Historical Manuscripts Classic Reprint

Author : Great Britain
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333684112
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Fifteenth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts written by Great Britain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifteenth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts: Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty There is hardly any other mention of Swift in the Calendar but there is printed a paper in his handwriting on the First Fruits of Ireland. His intimacy with Harley had not been long established at the date when the volume closes. Of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough hardly anything of personal interest will be found. There are a few of the Duke's letters written, not to Harley, but presumably to the Earl of Portland, at that time in Holland, during the campaign of 1705, but they are of a formal character. A curious tale is told of the Duke's negotiations with the Pretender, by Captain Ogilvie, one of Harley's Spies, Of whom more will be said presently; but we must take into account the character of the narrator before giving it entire belief. Of the terror inspired by the Duchess among those of her sex obliged by official circumstances to be brought into contact with her, we have an amusing instance in a letter of Lady Mansell, wife of the Comptroller of the House hold, written at the end of May 1710, before Harley's return to office, but after the Duchess was held to have lost all favour with the Queen. Lady Mansell writes - I am almost fright'd to death with the threats of a great Lady who is now retired from Court In a little time she says she Shall return with as full power as ever, and that both you and every friend you have shall feel the effects of her utmost revenge The terrible apprehensions I am under have took all rest from me and I was forced to send for my doctor, who ordered me some thing that I had a tolerable night of it; but without some good news I shan't recover mighty soon. I won't mention the writing this to anybody living, hope you will pardon the doing it, for the terrors that enraged Lady has put me into is (3730) not to be expressed. What means Harley found to allay these fears do not appear, but he is careful to endorse this letter as having been answered immediately. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.