 | John Burke - 1838 - 624 pages
...destructive to his, and grew to hate him perfectly." Of Lady Fauconberg, Buraet writes : — " She was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained...the post (of protector) than either of her brothers ; according to a saying that went of her, ' that those who wore breeches deserved petticoate better;... | |
 | John Burke - 1838 - 674 pages
...destructive to his, and grew to hate him perfectly." Of Lady Fauconberg, Burnet writes : — " She was a wine and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained the post (of protector) than either of her brothers ; according to a saying that went of her, ' that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better;... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Baronetage - 1841 - 670 pages
...destructive to his, and grew to hate him perfectly." Of Lady Fauconberg, Burnet writes : — " She was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained...the post (of protector) than either of her brothers ; according to a saying that went of her, ' that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better;... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - Cheshire (England) - 1845 - 424 pages
...Lordship's widow, who ob. March 14th, 1712, by whom ho had no issue, and of whom Unmet writes, " she was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained...the post (of Protector) than either of her brothers, according to a saying that went of her, that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better ; but... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1845 - 428 pages
...Lordship's widow, who ob. March 14th, 1712, by whom he had no issue, and of whom Burnet writes, " she was a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained...the post (of Protector) than either of her brothers, according to a saying that went of her, that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better ; but... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1846 - 414 pages
...ambition. She died at the early age of twenty-eight, and was interred in Westminster Abbey. Oliver's tjiird daughter, Mary, who became the second wife of Lord...a marriage between his Majesty and this lady : but al] advances on the subject, although sanctioned by the King, were rejected by Cromwell. By her first... | |
 | 1847 - 804 pages
...Belasyse, Viscount (afterwards Earl of) Fauconberg, and dsp in 1712-13. This lady, But-net describes as " a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have...the post of Protector than either of her brothers; according to a saying that went of her (he continues), that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats... | |
 | Robert Bolton - Westchester County (N.Y.) - 1848 - 642 pages
...Fauconberg. — by Vandyck. This lady, Bishop Burnet describes as " a wise and worthy woman, and one more likely to have maintained the post of protector, than either of her brothers."11 Sea storm,— Vernet. AnEcceHomo, — Carlo Dolci. Holy family, — Andrea del • Burke's... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1850 - 996 pages
...married to Claypole, and died a little before himself : another was married to the earl of Falconbridge, a wise and worthy woman, more likely to have maintained the post than either of her brothers ; according to a saying that went of her, " that those who wore breeches... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...lord viscount Falconberg. Bishop Burnet, who calls her a wise and worthy woman, says, that "she was more likely to have maintained the post of protector than either of her brothers." There was a common saying about her, " that those who wore breeches deserved petticoats better ; but... | |
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