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She has, together with her salary as Lady of the Bed-chamber, L2,500 a year, besides ten thousand pounds in money left her, at her own disposal, by
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Bed-chamber, which was the place where Ambroginolo most desired to bee.
The Decameron 2004
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When he has related the miraculous Cure made upon Her, by Mr. _Campbell's_ taking her up into his _Bed-chamber_, he adds, that she stood upright, drank a Glass of Wine, and evacuated a great deal of Wind.
The Theater (1720) Sir John Falstaffe
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British Government was settled by the far more momentous consideration of who should be Ladies of the Bed-chamber.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Various
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The controversy over the Ladies of the Bed-chamber threatened to drag the Crown into the arena of party politics.
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857 Charles Larcom 1921
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ATTRIBUTION: Description of an Authors Bed-chamber.
Quotations 1919
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Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to the Prince of Wales as far as I remember ---- '
The Child of Pleasure Gabriele D'Annunzio 1900
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Bed-chamber, the hidden emotions of Ladies in their own right, the religious doubts of Marquises.
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Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to William III., to George I., and to
English Satires Various 1885
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Clement Marot was the "Valet of the Bed-chamber to King Francis I.," and was one of the greatest French poets of his time; in fact, he gave his name to a new school of poetry, -- "Marotique."
Sabbath in Puritan New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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