Books with author James Saint Cloud

Excerpt from The Novels of William Harrison AinsworthAnne's great bounty to the duchess and constant concession to her Opinions, made the latter suppose she had only to ask and have only to bear down in argument to convince, or, at least, gain her point. And for awhile she was successful. The queen's good nature yielded to her demands, while her timidity shrank before her threats. But these submissions were purchased by the duchess at the price of her royal mistress's regard and more than one quarrel having occurred between them, it became evident to all, except the favourite herself, that her sway was on the decline.Blinded, however, by confidence in the mastery she had obtained over the queen, she conceived her position to be as firm as that of the sovereign herself, and de hed her enemies to displace her.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Novels of William Harrison AinsworthAnne's great bounty to the duchess and constant concession to her Opinions, made the latter suppose she had only to ask and have only to bear down in argument to convince, or, at least, gain her point. And for awhile she was successful. The queen's good nature yielded to her demands, while her timidity shrank before her threats. But these submissions were purchased by the duchess at the price of her royal mistress's regard and more than one quarrel having occurred between them, it became evident to all, except the favourite herself, that her sway was on the decline.Blinded, however, by confidence in the mastery she had obtained over the queen, she conceived her position to be as firm as that of the sovereign herself, and de hed her enemies to displace her.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.