Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . factory recognition no doubt was his able and un-flinching support of a cause which Her Grace had muchat heart. She had been a consistent opponent to Walpole ;and when upon the downfall of that minister, the Patriots,as she phrased it, joined with the Crown, when Carteretand Pulteney had deserted their colours, his remaining inOpposition won her regard; the obligations being manylittle kindnesses he had rendered to the old woman,especially as regards those
Life of Lord Chesterfield; an account of the ancestry, personal character & public services of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield[microform] . factory recognition no doubt was his able and un-flinching support of a cause which Her Grace had muchat heart. She had been a consistent opponent to Walpole ;and when upon the downfall of that minister, the Patriots,as she phrased it, joined with the Crown, when Carteretand Pulteney had deserted their colours, his remaining inOpposition won her regard; the obligations being manylittle kindnesses he had rendered to the old woman,especially as regards those literary undertakings in whichshe required the assistance of an adept. It was he whohad recommended Mr. Hooke as a fit and proper personto undertake the preparation of her Conduct^ a workfor which the lucky scribe was most handsomely re-munerated;^ and though it was to her friends Lords Stairand Marchmont that she chiefly looked for assistance in ^ She paid him ;i^50oo. For the projected Life of her husband Glover andMallet were only proffered ;^50o, a price which was not thought enough totempt the former, and the work fell Sir God/n-y KitelUr Pinxt. SARAH, —HiHchliJf Snilpt DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH
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