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"Let not poor Nelly starve" nghĩa là gì?
16 Jul, 2021
"Let not poor Nelly starve" = đừng để Nelly tội nghiệp bị đói (lời trăng trối của vua Charles II (1630-1685) dặn em trai chăm sóc cung nữ Nelly) -> nghĩa là hãy chăm lo cho vợ tôi khi tôi rời nơi đây.
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He implored (van xin) his brother, James VII and II: “Let not poor Nelly starve”, and the new future king kept his word. He had most of her debts paid off and gave her an annual pension (trợ cấp) of £1,500 (over £100,000 a year today).
As it was, at the end, as Charles lay on his deathbed (giờ phút cuối cùng), his thoughts were likely with both women. Louise, he said, he loved and always had, and added, according to legend, “Let not poor Nelly starve”.
England has always loved the orange girl and actress (diễn viên) of old Drury. She was said herself to have had a warm and kindly heart. Almost the last words of her cynical royal protector were said to have been: "Let not poor Nelly starve."
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