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Word: oglers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1956-1956
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Next, there was Sir Winston's daughter Arabella who caught the eye of "the most unguarded ogler of his time," James, Duke of York, later James II, while she was lying flat on the turf after a riding spill. Timid, pale and thin, she was shortly installed as the duke's mistress in a mansion in St. James Square. A model of discreet industrious domesticity, she bore him several bastards, one of whom was ancestor of the illustrious Spanish Dukes of Alba. Helped by Arabella's prestige, her brothers did well too: George became a very unpopular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blacksmith to Blenheim | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

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