Racing Life of Lord George Cavendish Bentinck, and Other ReminiscencesFrancis Charles Lawley Blackwood, 1893 - 482 sider |
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... tion was generous . She took the liveliest inter- est in everything connected with the manage- ment of her husband's household and estates , and was an excellent woman of business . As her Grace declined in years she became very ...
... tion was generous . She took the liveliest inter- est in everything connected with the manage- ment of her husband's household and estates , and was an excellent woman of business . As her Grace declined in years she became very ...
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... tion . Like all of his race , he became sleepy after eating heartily , and it was his practice not to touch food , after partaking of a very moderate breakfast at half - past eight o'clock in the morning , until he left the House of ...
... tion . Like all of his race , he became sleepy after eating heartily , and it was his practice not to touch food , after partaking of a very moderate breakfast at half - past eight o'clock in the morning , until he left the House of ...
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... tion of the country . The scheme was enforced with all that minute accuracy of statistical detail and careful anticipation of practical difficulties which distinguished its author . Much might INSTANCE OF HIS FORESIGHT . 11 have been ...
... tion of the country . The scheme was enforced with all that minute accuracy of statistical detail and careful anticipation of practical difficulties which distinguished its author . Much might INSTANCE OF HIS FORESIGHT . 11 have been ...
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... tion to produce abundant crops . With this end in view he drained thousands of acres , many of them at the cost of £ 100 per acre . I cannot give a better illustration of the mag- nitude of his Grace's expenditure upon his property than ...
... tion to produce abundant crops . With this end in view he drained thousands of acres , many of them at the cost of £ 100 per acre . I cannot give a better illustration of the mag- nitude of his Grace's expenditure upon his property than ...
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... tion at Newmarket . My father was carried when a child to see this funeral by S. Wright , my grand- father's foreman , who , to distinguish him from another man of the same name , was called " slab Wright , " being a bricklayer by trade ...
... tion at Newmarket . My father was carried when a child to see this funeral by S. Wright , my grand- father's foreman , who , to distinguish him from another man of the same name , was called " slab Wright , " being a bricklayer by trade ...
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