The will power : its range in action / by J. Milner Fothergill.

Date:
1885
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Credit: The will power : its range in action / by J. Milner Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Among the gallants who sued for her favour, Colonel Churchill, young, handsome, graceful, in- sinuating, eloquent, and brave, obtained the prefer- ence. He must have been enamoured indeed. For he had little property except the annuity which he had bought with the infamous wages bestowed on him by the Duchess of Cleveland; he was insatiable of riches, Sarah was poor; and a plain girl with a large fortune was proposed to him. His love, after a struggle, prevailed over his avarice; marriage only strengthened his passion; and, to the last hour of his life, Sarah enjoyed the pleasure and the distinction of being the one human being who was able to mislead that far-sighted and sure-footed judg- ment, who was fervently loved by that cold heart, and who was terribly feared by that intrepid spirit.” But Sarah was evidently a woman of remarkable influence, or will-power,” and her rule over her husband is perhaps even less extraordinary than her command over the hard, narrow nature of Queen Anne; as seen in that long correspondence between the two, where Anne was Mrs. Morley ” and Sarah Mrs. Freeman.” Far different is the story of Napoleon Bonaparte