The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . coaches drawnby carthorses from the remotest parishes of three or four counties to see ^ LHermitage, Oct. f|., Nov. ^. a O .U ^ S U c ^^ 2552 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xxi their SovereiL;n. The lieath was frinL,fC(l by a u ild iijipsylike camp ofvast extent. I^or the lK)pe of bciiii; able to feed on the leavings ofmany sumptuous tables, and to pick up some of the guineas and crownswhich the spendthrifts of London were throwing about, attractedthiHisands of peasants from a circle of many miles.^ William, after holding his co
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . coaches drawnby carthorses from the remotest parishes of three or four counties to see ^ LHermitage, Oct. f|., Nov. ^. a O .U ^ S U c ^^ 2552 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xxi their SovereiL;n. The lieath was frinL,fC(l by a u ild iijipsylike camp ofvast extent. I^or the lK)pe of bciiii; able to feed on the leavings ofmany sumptuous tables, and to pick up some of the guineas and crownswhich the spendthrifts of London were throwing about, attractedthiHisands of peasants from a circle of many miles.^ William, after holding his court a few days at this joyt)us place, andreceiving the homage of Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Suffolk,proceeded to Althorpe. It seems strange that he should, in the courseof what was realh a canvassing tour, have honoured with such a markof fa\(>ur a man so generally distrusted and hated as Sunderland. Butthe people were determined to be pleased. All Northamptonshirecrowded to kiss the royal hand in that fine gallery which had beenembellished by the pencil of Vandyke and made classical by the museof Waller ; and the Earl tried to conciliate his neigiibours by feastingthem
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