Excerpt from Memoirs of the Court of England From the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George the Second, Vol. 2 of 3 The Duke's intellectual character defined. His birth. Early habits of study, and subsequent love of pleasure. A volunteer in the first naval war with the Dutch in 1666. - Attempts to take his seat in the House of Lords, but oh jected to, on account of his being under age. - Obtains the favour of Charles the Second and his Courtiers, and befriends the poet Dryden. - Appointed Gentleman of the Bed-cham ber. - Serves a campaign under Turenne. - Pays his addresses to Princess Anne. Volunteers to command the forces de spatched to the relief of Tangier. - Curious anecdote.-sworn of the Privy Council on the accession of James the Second. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.