 | Charles Montagu Earl of Halifax - 1715 - 376 pages
...Profits, and Advantages thereunto belonging, to the faid Mrs. Catharine Barton during her Life. - Thefe Gifts and Legacies, I leave to her as a Token of the fincere Love, Affedion, and Efteem I have long had for her Perfon, and as a fmall Recompence for the... | |
 | 1846 - 670 pages
...not escape censure, especially when the legacy left by Lord Halifax is left, to use his own words, " as a token of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompence for the pleasure and happiness I have had in. her conversation." And Lord Halifax) became... | |
 | 1853 - 706 pages
...furniture of Bushey Park, and the manor of Apscourt, for her life. These are given, says Lord Halifax, " as a token of the sincere love, \ affection, and esteem, I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation." In this same codicil " Mrs.... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 594 pages
...good order, he bequeathed his manor of Apscourt, in Surrey. " These gifts and legacies," he adds, " I leave to her as a token of the sincere love, affection,...esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation." He charges also his executor... | |
 | 1855 - 594 pages
...color of respectability to it. Her noble admirer left his large legacy " as a token," he writes, " of the sincere love, affection, and esteem, I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation." Sir D. Brewster appends... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 592 pages
...good order, he bequeathed his manor of Apscourt, in Surrey. " These gifts and legacies," he adds, " I leave to her as a token of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have longhad for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her... | |
 | Jean-Baptiste Biot - 1858 - 490 pages
...qu'en bijoux, maisons et fonds de terre, déclarant lui faire tous ces legs, comme autant de gages, of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have long had for her persan, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation 2.... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 pages
...thousand pounds, together with other very valuable property ; and he ends with these words : — ' These gifts and legacies I leave to her as a token...esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation. And I strictly charge and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 606 pages
...resided with her illustrious uncle for near twenty years. Loid Halifax left her a considerable fortune, "as a token of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation ;" and Swift in his Journal... | |
 | Tom Taylor - 1874 - 554 pages
...Halifax's sole regard, after the loss of his wife. He left her a handsome fortune by his will, " as a small token of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation." There have been scandals... | |
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I leave to her as a token of the sincere love, affection, and esteem I have long had for her person, and as a small recompense for the pleasure and happiness I have had in her conversation. 
