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222 HAMPTON COURT was exposed upon the other, yet now the case was altered, for, as his heart grew cooler and his temper warmer, so her sufferings were increased, and the usual recompense for them lessened." 1 Into this unhappy relation there was introduced the miserable, and, as it seemed then and for some time after, traditional hostility between the sovereign and the heir to the throne. Frederick, Prince of Wales, a profligate, faithless, intriguing puppy — his parents used much worse words of him — was married to the Princess Augusta ofSaxe-Gotha in 1736, and from that time the family dissensions, bad enough already, became worse than ever. The Prince must needs tell his wife to approach as near to insulting the Queen as she could do without open insolence,and for himself, he must pass the bounds of deliberate affront. The last scene of the domestic tragi-comedy was the hurrying of the Princess of Wales from Hampton Court on Sunday, 31st July 1737, when her child was on the point of being born, full gallop to Saint James's. It was a marvel that the Princess did not die, and the indignation of the King and Queen was for once justifiable in its extravagance. The night, which Lord Hervey describes with such vivacity, was one such as many another at the Palace, which the courtiers professed to find so dull. The King, Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales had dined together. Then the King retired below-stairs to 1 Memoirs, vol.ii.p. 43.
COURT SCANDALS 223 rooms on the ground-floor of the Fountain Court — where years before he could often be seen, watch in hand, waiting for the exact moment of his visit to Lady Suffolk— and was playing commerce. The Queen sat in her rooms playing quadrille, and with her " the Princess Emily at her commerce-table, and the Princess Caroline and Lord Hervey at cribbage, just as usual." And meanwhile the poor Princess was hurried down the staircase from her apartments, which were at the end of the east front beyond the Queen's and separated from them by the public dining-room, into a coach without any one knowing. They kept early hours in those days, for the royal party separated at ten, and every one went to bed by eleven. At half-past one the King and Queen were awoke, and told of what was happening, and by four o'clock the Queen with her daughters, the Duke of Grafton and Lord Hervey, was at Saint James's and saw the " little rat of a girl," her new-born grandchild. When she had seen it, she walked across the court to Lord Hervey's rooms and took chocolate, and she was back at Hampton by eight o'clock. The extraordinary story, almost incredible as we read it in Lord Hervey's calmly realistic Memoirs, is not out of keeping with the amazing character of the court life at that day. The vice, and meanness, and brutality, the wit, and charm, and politeness, make a picture difficult to realise. Caroline on her deathbed, piteous sight, while George is sobbing out before her "J'aurai des mattresses," is hardly more human
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Rampton Court
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Rampton Court BY WILLIAM HOLDEN HUT
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PREFACE A word, with all apologies
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PREFACE VII the privileges which th
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INTRODUCTION " Iam never merry when
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CONTENTS CHAPTERI THE BUILDINGS AND
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CONTENTS XIII Queen Mary and Knelle
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CONTENTS XV PAGE characteristics of
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS By HERBERT RA
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HAMPTON COURT CHAPTER I THE BUILDIN
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WOLSEY'S BUILDING 3 ing, it is scar
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6 HAMPTON COURT the bricks intermin
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8 HAMPTON COURT There is no better
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10 HAMPTON COURT his "Anecdotes of
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12 HAMPTON COURT Henry VIII., is as
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14 HAMPTON COURT The hall is entere
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16 HAMPTON COURT VII So, leaving th
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18 HAMPTON COURT If the court, when
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20 HAMPTON COURT interiors can hard
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GREAT GALLERIES 21 eminently suitab
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WREN'S PLANS 23 whom England has pr
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UNCOMPLETED WORK 25 shows how minut
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CHARACTERISTIC MERITS 27 Wren's wor
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EARLY HISTORY 29 King and Parliamen
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HISTORICAL MEMORIES 31 dwelling-pla
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WOLSEY'S GREATNESS 33 Cardinal-mini
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WOLSEY'S LIFE 35 which Wolsey built
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FESTIVITIES 37 satin paned, and cap
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FESTIVITIES 39 To whom the Cardinal
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ANNE BULLEN 41 passed they forth th
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FRENCH AMBASSADORS 43 Rooms already
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WOLSEY'S HOUSEHOLD 45 friends sent
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COSTLY BANQUETS 47 all others were,
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REVELRY 49 with ladies, some on hor
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WOLSEY'S DEATH 51 they were English
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HENRY'S AVARICE 53 there, they were
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QUEEN JANE 55 sorrow for the most f
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PRINCE EDWARD 57 The young Prince o
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TAYLOR'S SONNETS 59 skein of red si
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QUEEN ELIZABETH 61 Y Though Elizabe
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QUEENLY STATE 63 hair she wore a la
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THE PALACE IN 1598 65 " Hampton Cou
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ELIZABETH'S DEATH 67 The Palace whi
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JAMES I. 69 and say little of relig
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CHARLES I. 71 decisive step in the
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HOSTILE AGITATIONS 73 the King in t
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CROMWELL'S NEGOTIATIONS 75 servants
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HIS LAST DAYS 77 have been satisfie
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CROMWELL'S TENANCY 79 was his custo
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COURT SCANDALS 81 when he doth not
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PETER LELY 83 VIII At Hampton Court
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LELY'S "BEAUTIES" 85 ladies." x If
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LELY'S "BEAUTIES" 87 latter is the
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WILLIAM OF ORANGE 89 does your Maje
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CLAIMS TO GREATNESS 91 which he ach
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AS DIPLOMATIST 93 certain unconscio
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PRIVATE CHARACTER 95 that the issue
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FAULTS AND VICES 97 withheld for ye
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DE WITT MURDERS 99 of York's childr
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GLENCOE MASSACRES 101 January 1692
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AS KING 103 Parliament had declared
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AT HAMPTON COURT 105 was not virtuo
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KNELLER'S "BEAUTIES" 107 her husban
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DEATH OF MARY 109 which the "Beauti
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GEORGE I 111 Queen continued her ki
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DEFOE ON THE PALACE 113 royal party
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CHAPTER III THE PARKS AND GARDENS i
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UNDER HENRY 117 In the front of thi
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UNDER ELIZABETH 119 II Elizabeth lo
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UNDER CROMWELL 121 " upon pillars o
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UNDER CHARLES II 123 moved to Bushe
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UNDER WILLIAM III 125 is what is no
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DEFOE'S TESTIMONY 127 formal garden
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MEMORIALS OF MARY 129 in the aid of
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BROAD WALK 131 their most striking
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UNDER GEORGE I 133 Privy Garden. Un
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UNDER GEORGE II 135 Andpolyanthusof
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THE GREAT VINE 137 VI A charming wr
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CHAPTER IV HAMPTON COURT AND THE CH
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HENRY'S ADDITIONS 141 privy chamber
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ASSOCIATIONS 143 The proportion of
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THE QUEEN'S CHAPEL 145 very happily
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THE CONFERENCE 147 the Church, and
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THE CONFERENCE 149 nine Articles as
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THE CONFERENCE 151 which agreeth as
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JAMES'S OPINION 153 the new King wa
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i CHAPTER V THE ART COLLECTIONS The
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TAPESTRIES 157 the days of Wolsey.
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WOLSEY'S TAPESTRIES 159 thousand ma
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WOLSEY'S TAPESTRIES 161 Left-handsi
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WOLSEY'S TAPESTRIES 163 The same in
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HENRY'S TAPESTRIES 165 in the inven
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HISTORY OF ABRAHAM 167 Mortlake. In
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GEORGE I.'S TAPESTRIES 169 patterns
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THE PICTURES 171 IV Scott when he w
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TUDOR GROUP 173 skill in thepaintin
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ELIZABETHAN PICTURES 175 charming d
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Page 291 and 292: POPE 207 Among all the century's de
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Page 301 and 302: RIVER FRONT 213 Doubtless they sat
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Page 305 and 306: HERVEY AND POPE 217 wrote Gay; and
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Page 317 and 318: ITS ENGLISH CHARACTER 227 English c
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Page 325 and 326: MEMORIES OF THE PAST 233 choir, its
Page 327 and 328: ITS ATTRACTION 235 one would expect
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Page 334 and 335: 242 INDEX JamesII., 89 Janssen, Cor
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