 The queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain, she kept in her coach; she hunts in a chaise with one horse, which she drives herself, and drives furiously, like Jehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod.  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Page 101by Jonathan Swift - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - Electronic journals - 1926 - 470 pages
...and yesterday. 27. The town is dull, and wet, and empty. 31. [Windsor.] The queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain she kept in her coach. Aug. i. [Windsor.] The queen and I were going to take the air this afternoon, but not together; and... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - Meteorology - 1926 - 1106 pages
...and yesterday. 27. The town is dull, and wet, and empty. 31. [Windsor.] The queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain she kept in her coach. Aug. i. [Windsor.] The queen and I were going to take the air this afternoon, but not together; and... | |
 | Jane Roberts - Gardening - 1997 - 620 pages
...Dean Swift's description of a day of royal sport at Windsor in July 1711:'The Queen was abroad today in order to hunt, but finding it disposed to rain...in her coach: she hunts in a chaise with one horse and drives furiously like Jehu and is a mighty hunter like Nimrod'/'* 1 The Queen's increasing corpulence... | |
 | Maureen Waller - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 504 pages
...in her chaise above forty miles.' Anne could no longer ride, but she was not deterred from hunting 'in a chaise with one horse, which she drives herself,...furiously, like Jehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod'. More often than not, however, she was in pain and discomfort. Abigail was always there with a kind... | |
 | Richard Hayman - History - 2003 - 300 pages
...who still enjoyed the thrill of the chase. Even Queen Anne is said by Jonathan Swift to have hunted 'in a chaise with one horse, which she drives herself, and drives furiously, like lehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod'.25 The history of Windsor Forest in the seventeenth century... | |
 | 710 pages
...from Swift to Stella, dated July 31st, 171 1, the following appears: " The Queen was abroad to-day in order to hunt ; but finding it disposed to rain,...hunts in a chaise, with one horse, which she drives Lerself, and drives furiously liko Jehu, and is a mighty hunter, like Nimrod." Again, in another letter,... | |
 | 1953 - 328 pages
...energy and love of out-door sports. She loved hunting, and would follow the chase in a light carriage with one horse, " which she drives herself and drives furiously, like Jehu," wrote Dean Swift of the queen. She was very fond of horse-racing. She kept race-horses of her own,... | |
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