 I faced old James and all his court the other day at St. Cloud. Vive Guillaume ! You never saw such a strange figure as the old bully is, [James II.] lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise...  The Quarterly Review - Page 108edited by - 1913Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 480 pages
...figure as the old bully is, lean, worn, and rivaled, CAMD. SOC. 2 M not unlike Neale the projectour; the Queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise well enough ; their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible.8 I have written to my Lord Portland and Mr. Secretary the summ of several discourses... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland - 1843 - 708 pages
...(James II.) lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen (Mary of .Modena) looks very melancholy, but otherwise well enough;...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to my lord Portland the sum of several discourses 1 have had with M. de Laiiziin, or... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1846 - 516 pages
...is (James IL) lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen (Mary of Modena) looks very melancholy, but otherwise well enough ;...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to my lord Portland the sum of several discourses I have had with M. de Lauzun, or rather... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1852 - 698 pages
...such a strange figure as the old bully is, [James II.] lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen looks very melancholy, but...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to my lord Portland the sum of several discourses I have had with M. de Lauzun, or rather... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1854 - 704 pages
...such a strange figure as the old bully is, [James II.] lean, worn, and rivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The queen looks very melancholy, but...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to my lord Portland the sum of several discourses I have had with M. de Lauzun, or rather... | |
 | Dr. Doran (John) - 1857 - 444 pages
...Guillaume ! You never saw such a strange figure as the old bully is, lean, worn, and revelled. . . . The Queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise well...Their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible." Indeed between this period and his death, James had little to do but with the affairs of death. The... | |
 | Francis Lancelott - 1858 - 552 pages
...James II., is ; lean, worn, and shrivelled, not unlike Neale, the projector. The Queen, Maria Beatrix, looks very melancholy, but otherwise well enough....Their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to my Lord Portland the sum of several discourses I have had with M. de Lauzun, or rather... | |
 | Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts - 1917 - 440 pages
...letter he writes : — " I faced old James and all his Court the other day at St. Cloud. Vive Ouillaumel you never saw such a strange figure as the old bully...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible." Nevertheless he strongly deprecated the meanness of withholding from the Queen her stipulated pension.... | |
 | Thomas Longueville - 1904 - 654 pages
...You never saw such a strange figure, as the old bully (James II.) is, lean, worn, and rivelled. . . . The Queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise well...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible." With the adventures of the Jacobites, in England and out of it, we cannot concern ourselves. They were... | |
 | Martin Haile - 1905 - 596 pages
...You never saw such a strange figure as the old bully [James II] is, lean, worn, and rivelled. . . . The Queen looks very melancholy, but otherwise well...their equipages are all very ragged and contemptible. I have written to Mylord Portland the sum of several discourses I have had with the Duke of Lauzun,... | |
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