His courage, that courage which the most perilous emergencies of war only made cooler and more steady, failed him when he had to encounter his Sarah's ready tears and voluble reproaches, the poutings of her lip and the tossings of her head.

History exhibits to us few spectacles more remarkable than that of a great and wise man, who, when he had combined vast and profound schemes of policy, could carry them into effect only by inducing one foolish woman, who was often unmanageable, to manage another woman who was more foolish still.
In one point the Earl and the Countess were perfectly agreed.

They were equally bent on getting money; though, when it was got, he loved to hoard it, and she was not unwilling to spend it, [600] The favour of the Princess they both regarded as a valuable estate.

In her father's reign, they had begun to grow rich by means of her bounty.

She was naturally inclined to parsimony; and, even when she was on the throne, her equipages and tables were by no means sumptuous, [601] It might have been thought, therefore, that, while she was a subject, thirty thousand a year, with a residence in the palace, would have been more than sufficient for all her wants.