 THE Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday : the queen died on Sunday. What a world is this and how does Fortune banter us ! John Barber tells me, you have set your face toward Ireland.  A History of the Four Georges - Page 62de Justin McCarthy, Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1884Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Caleb Thomas Winchester - 1922 - 430 pages
...heralds proclaimed: "God save his Gracious Majesty, King George I." The time of Queen Anne was over. The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday; the Queen died on Sunday. "What a world is this and how does fortune banter us!" wrote Bolingbroke to Swift next day. With the death of Anne... | |
 | Frederick Charles Dietz - 1927 - 812 pages
...Swift, "we should have put things into such condition that there would have been nothing to fear. But Oxford was removed on Tuesday; the Queen died on Sunday. What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us." To which Swift replied, "It is true, my lord, the events... | |
 | Rebecca Fraser - 2005 - 868 pages
...more we should have put things in such a condition that there would have been nothing to fear. But Oxford was removed on Tuesday; the queen died on Sunday! What a world is this, and how does fortune banter us!' Thanks to the Whigs' presence of mind, the transfer of power... | |
 | 1849 - 482 pages
...died, to the amazement and grief of Bolingbroke and the Jacobites. Writing to Swift, the former said, " The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday ; the Queen...What a world this is ! and how does fortune banter us ! " "There is the best cause in Europe lost, for want of spirit," exclaimed Atterbury, swearing in... | |
 | 382 pages
...Bolingbroke found himself overreached. To his friend Dean Swift he wrote a letter telling his failure: "The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday. The Queen died on Sunday." What a world it is and how doth fortune banter us". The Hanoverian succession. Bishop Atterbury wanted to put on... | |
 | 906 pages
...Bolingbroke found himself overreached. To his friend Dean Swift he wrote a letter telling his failure: "The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday. The Queen died on Sunday. What a world it is and how doth fortune banter us". The Hanoverian succession. Bishop Atterbury wanted to put on... | |
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