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" I sent for him, and was as kind to him as if he had been my own child. After he had learned what he could there, a vacancy happening of page of honour to the Prince of Denmark, his highness... "
History of England Comprising the Reign of Queen Anne Until the Peace of ... - Page 27
by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1872
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An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough: From Her ...

Sarah Jennings Churchill Duchess of Marlborough, Nathaniel Hooke - 1742 - 334 pages
...be bound for him in two thoufand pounds. His brother (whom the bottle-men afterwards called hone/} JACK HILL) was a tall boy, whom I clothed, (for he was all in rags) and put to fchool at St. Albans to one Mr. JAMES, who had been an ufher under Dr. BUSBY of Weftminfter. And whenever...
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The History of England, Volume 16

Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - 1762 - 572 pages
...place at the Cuftom-houfe; the younger, whom the bottlemen, fay i the duchefs, afterwards called Honeft Jack Hill, was a tall boy, whom I clothed (for he was all in rags) put to fchool at St. Albans to one Mr. James, who had been an u flier under Dr. Bufby of Weftmin«*...
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The Continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England: From the ..., Volume 4

Nicolas Tindal - 1762 - 578 pages
...place at the Cuftom-houfe ; the younger, whom the bottlemen, fays the duchefs, afterwards called Honeft Jack Hill, was a tall boy, whom I clothed (for he was all in ragsj put to fchool at St. Albans to one Mr. James, who had been an ufher tinder Dr. Bulby of \Vtlhi)...
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Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and of the Court of ..., Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1839 - 608 pages
...behaviour, I got a relation of the Duke of Marlborough's to be bound for him in two thousand pounds. His brother (whom the bottle-men afterwards called honest...(for he was all in rags) and put to school at St. Albans to one Mr. James, who had been an usher under Dr. Busby of Westminster ; and whenever I went...
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Memoirs of the court of England from ... 1688 to the death of ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...General John Hill. " Jack Hill," says the Duchess, " whom the bottlemen, afterwards, called honest Jack, was a tall boy, whom I clothed, for he was all in rags, and put to school at St. Alban's to one Mr. James, who had been an usher under Dr. Busby of Westminster; and whenever I went to St....
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Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 476 pages
...General John Hill. "Jack Hill," says the Duchess, "whom the bottlemeo, afterwards, called honest Jack, was a tall boy, whom I clothed, for he was all in rags, and put to school at St. Alban's to one Mr. James, who had been an usher under Dr. Busby of Westminster ; and whenever I went to St....
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Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough: With His Original ..., Volume 2

William Coxe, John Wade - 1848 - 516 pages
...appears, resolved to provide for the whole family. The eldest son she gut into the Customhouse : — " Her brother (whom the bottle-men afterwards called...(for he was all in rags), and put to school at St. Alhan's, to one Mr. James, who had been an usher under Dr. Busby, of Westminster; and whenever I went...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1870 - 974 pages
...cousin, daughter of a decayed City merchant, and one of four brothers and sisters. The Duchess, in her account of these transactions, boasts of the kindness...Grace proceeds to say, ' I afterwards got my Lord Maiyborough to make him Groom of the Bedchamber to the Dnke of Gloucester. And though my Lord always...
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Memoirs of the Duke of Marlborough: With His Original ..., Volume 2

William Coxe - 1872 - 522 pages
...appears, resolved to provide for the whole family. The eldest son she got into the Customhouse : — •* Her brother (whom the bottle-men afterwards called...was all in rags), and put to school at St. Alban's, to one Mr. James, who had been an usher under Dr. Busby, of Westminster; and whenever I went to St....
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Women of Fashion and Representative Women in Letters and Society ..., Volume 1

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1878 - 422 pages
...Mrs. Masham. Like all the Hills, he had been pushed forward by the Duchess, who speaks of him as " a tall boy, whom I clothed (for he was all in rags) and put to school at St. Albans." At her request the Duke, though declaring that he was " good for nothing," had made him Groom...
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