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The Circumlocution heroes led to the Society scenes, the Hampton-court dowager-sketches, and Mr. Gowan; all parts of one satire levelled against prevailing political and social vices.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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Hampton-court is a fool to 'em -- and oh there are some rum 'uns there, my friend.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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But he should have had all the security that Holdenby-house, or Hampton-court, or Carisbrook, or Hurst, or
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV. 1634-1716 1823
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Hampton-court was the most richly furnished of all her palaces; and here she had caused her naval victories against the Spaniards to be worked in fine tapestries and laid up among the richest pieces of her wardrobe ....
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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The queen, standing once at a window of her palace at Hampton-court, saw a gentleman approach escorted by two hundred attendants on horseback; and turning to her courtiers, she asked with some surprise, who this might be?
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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During her visit of thirteen days to the marquis of Winchester at Basing, the French embassy was lodged at the house of lord Sandys, which was furnished for the occasion with plate and hangings from Hampton-court; the queen defraying all the charges, which were more than those of her own court at Basing.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822
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Soon after their arrival they were examined by the king and council at Hampton-court on the 20th of September, concerning the lawfulness of the late assembly at
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He also charged bishop Barlow with having said, after the conference at Hampton-court, That the king had said, he was in the church of Scotland, but not of it; and wondered that he was suffered to go unpunished, for making the king of no religion.
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London and Hampton-court: every body will live in it but you.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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The second Miss Jefferies was to go to a ball yesterday at Hampton-court with Lady Sophia Thomas's daughters.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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