Royal St. James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and CourtesansHale, 1988 - 257 pages |
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... servants complained that the French servants had so defiled the place that a week's work would not make it clean . . . . ' It cost the King more than £ 5,000 to ship them all home . In the violent quarrel which ensued , the King ' dragg ...
... servants complained that the French servants had so defiled the place that a week's work would not make it clean . . . . ' It cost the King more than £ 5,000 to ship them all home . In the violent quarrel which ensued , the King ' dragg ...
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... servants . . . ' . Elizabeth , a real patrician , cared nothing for such criticisms and had never hidden her ... Servant who had stolen £ 500 was charged by Lady Buckinghamshire . In revenge he informed on her Faro Table in St James's ...
... servants . . . ' . Elizabeth , a real patrician , cared nothing for such criticisms and had never hidden her ... Servant who had stolen £ 500 was charged by Lady Buckinghamshire . In revenge he informed on her Faro Table in St James's ...
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Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and Courtesans E. J. Burford. attendants and servants and by 1700 were the place for lodgings for foreign visitors as well as a large number of light ladies and mistresses . Dean Swift lodged hereabouts in ...
Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and Courtesans E. J. Burford. attendants and servants and by 1700 were the place for lodgings for foreign visitors as well as a large number of light ladies and mistresses . Dean Swift lodged hereabouts in ...
Contents
A House of Civility | 168 |
the enclave de luxe for the Nobility | 174 |
Goode lodgings may be found here | 189 |
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