Volume 1

Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second / by John Heneage Jesse.

  • John Heneage Jesse
Date:
1843
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Credit: Memoirs of the Court of England from the Revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second / by John Heneage Jesse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tract from the Biographia Britannica.—Curious anecdote of the Duke and Lord Harley.— Marlborough makes overtures to the Tory Ministry during his absence in France.—His in- timacy with Lord Bolingbroke.—His letter to the Duchess of Berwick. — Renews his professions of attachment to the ex- iled Court.— Extract from Swift’s letters to Stella. — The Duke’s double-dealing with the Elector of Hanover and the Pretender.—Bolingbroke’s character of Marlborough. Page 398 CHAPTER V. Marlborough’s public entry into London on the day after Queen Anne’s death. — Dr. Sacheverel inveighs against his conduct on this occasion from the pulpit. — Appointed Cap- tain-General and Commander-in-Chief of the land forces, and Master of the Ordnance; but is reduced to the shadow of his former authority. — Personally disliked by George the First. —Reasons for his dislike.—Rebellion in 1715 defeated by Marl- borough’s prudent counsels to Government.—His character as a negotiator and an orator.—Burnet’s sketch of him.—Marl- borough’s strong religious feelings.—His decorous conduct after marriage. — Extract from Adam Smith.—Marlborough’s hu- manity in war.—Anecdotes of his evenness of temper.—Curious anecdote related by Lord Bolingbroke.—Swift’s opinion of Marl- borough.—His avarice and duplicity—Extract from Spence’s Anecdotes, and from Dr. King’s Anecdotes of his Own Times. —Singular instance of Marlborough’s liberality.—Prince Eu- gene’s opinion of him.—Compliment paid him by Peter the Great and by the Emperor Joseph the First.— Anecdote of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden.—Marlborough’s domestic habits and favourite pursuits at Blenheim—Extract from Coxe’s life. —Private theatricals at Blenheim.—Marlborough’s last years.— His failing powers of understanding exaggerated by party- writers.—His death and public funeral.—-Enumeration of his children. : : : : A Page 42]