The Girlhood of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's Diaries Between the Years 1832 and 1840, Volume 1Longmans, Green & Company, 1912 - Europe |
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20 minutes 9 we breakfasted afterwards amusing Aunt Louise Aunt Sophia awoke Baron beautiful beautifully bourne carriage Castle Cavendish changed horses Charles clever Cousins Cowper daughter Dean dear Lehzen dear Uncle dearest delightful dined dinner dress Duchess of Gloucester Duchess of Kent Duchess of Northumberland Duchess of Sutherland Duke of Wellington eldest Ernest Feodore Friday gave George Grisi Henry House Kensington Palace King Lablache Lady Catherine Lady Conroy Lady Flora letter looked Lord Conyngham Lord Durham Lord Glenelg Lord John Russell Lord Mel Lord Melbourne Lord Palmerston lovely lunched Mamma Marquess married Melbourne and stayed Melbourne's Ministers Miss Monday never opera past 11 past 9 played poor portrait pretty Prince Princess Victoria Queen Victoria received Rubini sang second Earl Sir John sister spoke things Throne Thursday Tuesday Uncle Leopold Victoire walked Wednesday Whig wife William Windsor Wrote my journal young
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Page 332 - My excellent Lord Melbourne who stood very close to me throughout the whole ceremony, was completely overcome at this moment, and very much affected ; he gave me such a kind, and I may say fatherly look.
Page 193 - At 9 came Lord Melbourne, whom I saw in my room, and of COURSE quite ALONE as I shall always do all my Ministers. He kissed my hand and I then acquainted him that it had long been my intention to retain him and the rest of the present Ministry at the head of affairs, and that it could not be in better hands than his.
Page 134 - What a happiness it was for me to throw myself in the arms of that dearest of Uncles, who has always been to me like a father, and whom I love so very dearly
Page 215 - Lord Melbourne rode near me the whole time. The more I see of him and the more I know of him, the more I like and appreciate his fine and honest character. I have seen a great deal of him, every day, these last 5 weeks and I have always found him in good humour, kind, good and most agreeable; I have seen him in my Closet for Political Affairs...
Page 333 - I then again descended from the Throne, and repaired with all the Peers bearing the Regalia, my Ladies and Train-bearers, to St Edward's Chapel, as it is called ; but which, as Lord Melbourne said, was more unlike a Chapel than anything he had ever seen; for what was called an Altar was covered with sandwiches, bottles of wine, etc., etc.