A vindication of the conduct of lady Douglas during her intercourse with ... the princess of Wales: together with remarks on the Book. Also, a narrative [by lady Douglas] of, and commentaries upon some extraordinary transactionsEffingham, Wilson, 1814 - 126 頁 |
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第 57 頁 - Her speech and intentions made me serious, and my mind was forcibly struck with the great danger there would follow to myself, if she was this kind of person. I begged her not to think of doing such a thing, saying, "Your royal highness knows it is not so, and although I would do much to oblige you, yet, when my own character is at stake, I must stop. Good God, ma'am, his royal highness would naturally repeat it, and what should I do ? Reputation will not bear being sported with." The princess took...
第 63 頁 - I had any more children, she would have nothing more to say to me. Her design was evident, and easily seen through, and consequently averted. She naturally wished to keep us apart, lest, in a moment of confidence, I should repeat what she had divulged, and if she estranged me from my husband, she kept me to herself.
第 69 頁 - I was very far advanced in my pregnancy, it agitated me greatly, and I remained aloof and very shy all the evening. When I afterwards wrote to sir Sidney Smith for sir John upon some common occurrence, I said, I do not like the princess of Wales's mode of treating her guests : her calling me a liar was an unpardonable thing, and if she ever speaks upon the subject to you, pray tell her I did not like it, and that if I had been a man, I would have rather died than endured it ; that it is a thing which...
第 54 頁 - ... she did. When she came to sup with me in the tower (which she often did), she would arrive in a long red cloak, a silk handkerchief tied over her head under her chin, and a pair of slippers down at the heels.
第 72 頁 - Montague house, where it so happened I was to have dined with the party. He wrote that I had a head-ache, and begged leave to remain at home, and the princess believed it, and went to town ; but upon her return, at five o'clock in the afternoon, she called before she went home to dress, to ask after me, and finding how it was, wanted to run up into the room, but Dr Mackie said positively she should not come, and locked -the door nearest him to keep her out. Miss Cholmondeley and Miss Fitzgerald were...
第 70 頁 - ... princess of Wales's mode of treating her guests : her calling me a liar was an unpardonable thing, and if she ever speaks upon the subject to you, pray tell her I did not like it, and that if I had been a man, I would have rather died than endured it ; that it is a thing which never by any chance occurs to a lady ; on a repetition of it I will give up her acquaintance. It seems sir Sidney Smith spoke to the princess upon the subject; for two days before I was confined, she made me a morning visit...
第 47 頁 - I answered that I was Lady Douglas. Her Royal Highness then said, " I should like of all things to see your little child.
第 58 頁 - By this time I was rather vexed, and said, " Your royal highness and I think quite differently — Sir Sidney Smith comes and goes as he pleases to his room in our house. I really see little of him. He seems a very good-humoured, pleasant man, and I always think one may be upon very friendly terms with men who are friends of one's husbands, without being their humble servants.
第 66 頁 - She then told me every word of his secrets, which he had been telling her ; in particular a long story of Miss Keppel, and that he said, the old woman left them together, and wanted to take him in, and therefore he had cut the connection. She said, she liked his countenance best, but she could trace a little family likeness to herself; but for all the rest they were very ill made, and had plumb-pudding faces, which she could not bear.
第 53 頁 - We could not always suddenly obtain what was wished. Mrs. Windham then proposed to have some sent for, and did so ; it was brought, and the princess drank it all. — When at Lord Dartmouth's his lordship asked me if I was the only lady in waiting, being, I...