Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough

thumb| Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, KG, PC (1658 – 25 October 1735) was a British army officer and Whig politician. Quotes I said to my Heart, between sleeping and waking, Thou wild Thing, that ever art leaping or aching, For the Black, for the Fair: In what Clime, in what Nation, Hast thou not felt a Fit of Pitapatation? "Chloe", st. 1. Reprinted from The Universal Journal (1 January 1723/4) in D. N. Smith, ed., The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century (1920), no. 40, pp. 60–61 Thou wonderful Creature! A Woman of Reason!Never grave out of Pride, never gay out of Season! "Chloe", st. 6 [Variant: 'O' for 'Thou'] External links Category:1658 births Category:1735 deaths Category:Military leaders from England Category:Poets from England Category:Ambassadors of Great Britain and the United Kingdom Category:University of Oxford alumni