Bygone YearsJ. Murray, 1905 - 339 sider |
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... Paris . I remained with my parents abroad until I was sent to school . I can call to mind very little of the intervening period . The chief incident which I can remember was my introduction to Sir Walter Scott . He was dining at the ...
... Paris . I remained with my parents abroad until I was sent to school . I can call to mind very little of the intervening period . The chief incident which I can remember was my introduction to Sir Walter Scott . He was dining at the ...
Side 5
... Paris . I was bled once one day and three times the next . Before the last bleeding I actually heard the two doctors , father and son , dispute about it . The former said I could not bear another bleeding ; the latter , that if I did ...
... Paris . I was bled once one day and three times the next . Before the last bleeding I actually heard the two doctors , father and son , dispute about it . The former said I could not bear another bleeding ; the latter , that if I did ...
Side 15
... Paris that the Italian Opera - house was burnt . I was amusing myself with some friends at a bal masqué when we heard of its being on fire , and we at once pro- ceeded to the scene of action . We had to fall in with one of the lines of ...
... Paris that the Italian Opera - house was burnt . I was amusing myself with some friends at a bal masqué when we heard of its being on fire , and we at once pro- ceeded to the scene of action . We had to fall in with one of the lines of ...
Side 19
... Paris . Time passed in such society was very agreeable . Lady Elizabeth , not long after this , met with an untimely end . She and her husband went to Milan to witness the Coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Lombardy . By my ...
... Paris . Time passed in such society was very agreeable . Lady Elizabeth , not long after this , met with an untimely end . She and her husband went to Milan to witness the Coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Lombardy . By my ...
Side 21
... Paris . It would weary my reader if I described in more detail my life at Oxford . It seems strange to me now that neither I nor any of my companions paid any attention to what was called the Oxford Movement , which had its origin about ...
... Paris . It would weary my reader if I described in more detail my life at Oxford . It seems strange to me now that neither I nor any of my companions paid any attention to what was called the Oxford Movement , which had its origin about ...
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Side 309 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn, Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan : Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Side 105 - Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired. Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be admired,
Side 143 - lines : She walks in beauty like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies.
Side 314 - that if you take care of the pence the pounds will take care of themselves. But
Side 37 - 1 Mr. Luttrell was believed to be a natural son of Lord Carhampton. He had sat in the last Irish Parliament,
Side 59 - he published the first volume of the History of England during the Reign of George the Third, which
Side 314 - Take care of the pounds, and the pence will take care of themselves.
Side 47 - Lord Melbourne was so much broken in health that he was nearly in a state of second childhood. I believe he had not met Her Majesty since he ceased to be her Minister. Her manner to him was
Side 159 - You must know that wherever you go in India you meet with some member of this family. Every other man has married, and every other woman has been, a Miss Pattle.