George the first to take care of his wife, as he would not survive her a year. That oracle was probably dictated to the French Deborah by the duke and duchess of Zell, who might be apprehensive lest the duchess of Kendal should be tempted to remove entirely... The British Prose Writers - Page 171821Full view - About this book
| Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1818 - 134 pages
...momentary adieu constituted adultery ; and therefore of a formal divorce I must doubt — and there 1 must leave that case of conscience undecided, till...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to c 2 the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave of his son and... | |
| James Hogg - Ballads, Scots - 1819 - 456 pages
...(for we know from Scripture that the gift of prophecy is aot limited to one gender) warned George I. to take care of his wife, as he would not survive...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to the denunciation, that, on the eve of his last departure, he took leave of his son and the... | |
| John Brown - Fore-edge painting - 1821 - 290 pages
...momentary adieu constituted adultery; and therefore of a formal divorce I must doubt—and therefore I must leave that case of conscience undecided, till...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave of his son and the... | |
| Horace Walpole - English letters - 1830 - 356 pages
...bringing her over and declaring her queen dowager, one can hardly believe that a cereinonial divorce had passed, the existence of which process would have...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to -the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave of his son and the... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1840 - 446 pages
...in her confinement, and died only a few months before her husband. A French prophetess warned him ** to take care of his wife, as he would not survive her a year ; " and Horace Walpole, who tells the story, insinuates that the oracle was dictated by the duke and... | |
| Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 592 pages
...(for we know from Scripture that the gift of prophecy is not limited to one gender) warned George I. to take care of his wife, as he would not survive...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave of his son and the... | |
| Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 596 pages
...(for we know from Scripture that the gift of prophecy is not limited to one gender) warned George I. to take care of his wife, as he would not survive...few other impressions of religion. George gave such credit to the denunciation, that on the eve of his last departure he took leave of his son and the... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1848 - 902 pages
...Letters, ta ÍAirl^fiart Papers. According to Horace Walpole, a female prophet " wsnu-J George I. to lake care of his wife, as he would not survive her a year." " That oracle," he adds, " was probably dictated to the French IVborab by thp Duke and Duchess of Zell (the parente... | |
| Dr. Doran (John) - Great Britain Queens - 1855 - 494 pages
...(for we know from Scripture that the gift of prophecy is not limited to one gender) warned George I. to take care of his wife, as he would not survive...Duke and Duchess of Zell, who might be apprehensive that the Duchess of Kendal might be tempted to remove entirely the obstacle to her conscientious union... | |
| Dr. Doran (John) - Queens - 1855 - 436 pages
...(for we know from Scripture that the gift of prophecy is not limited to one gender) warned George I. to take care of his wife, as he would not survive...Duke and Duchess of Zell, who might be apprehensive that the Duchess of Kendal might be tempted to remove entirely the obstacle to her conscientious union... | |
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