The Mysteries of the Court of London Volume 2 - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 edition. Excerpt: ...comes out the next day well washed all ever." tPages 207 and 209.) "Prmcess out of humour. Very nonsensical confidence about Princu of Orange--cannot be committed to writing--umst recollect it, aa well as mj answer and advice." tPage 208.) "After dinner long and serious conversation with the Princess, on her manner of calling women by their plain name--of saying 'My dear, my love,' Ice." tPage 209.) "I also took frequent opportunities of speaking very seriously to the Princess Caroline, on her not showing due respect to the Duchess her mother, of her sneering and slighting her." (Page 2l0.) "j had two conversations with the Princess Caroline. One on the toilette, on cleanliness, and on delicacy of speaking. On these points I endeavoured, as far as was possible for a evnt, to Inculcate the necessity of great and nice attention to every part of dress, as well as to what was hid, as to what was seen. / knew the wore coarse petticoats, coarse shifts, and thread stockings, and that these never tsers veil washed, or changed often enough I I observed that a long toilette was necessary, and gave her no credit for boasting that her's was a short one. What I could not say myself upon this point, I got said through women; through Madame Busche, and afterwards through Mrs. Haroourt It is remarkable how amaslugly on this point her education has been neglected." tP?es;ill and 2I2.) Prince at length. "My father and the Ministers may compel me to marry this German creature--but they cannot force me to love her: they may drive me to the altar to accept her hand in marriage--but they cannot constrain me to give her my heart in return. No--nor in compelling me to take a wife, can they force me to...