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Side 3
... brought from the garden to feed . One evening , going to some entertainment , I forgot to feed them , and found them dead on my return home . For some time I looked upon myself as a murderer . I was sent occasionally to St. Cloud , in ...
... brought from the garden to feed . One evening , going to some entertainment , I forgot to feed them , and found them dead on my return home . For some time I looked upon myself as a murderer . I was sent occasionally to St. Cloud , in ...
Side 4
... brought up with English surroundings , and were staying with him at the Pavilion . We liked them both ; they played with us at our school , and we were often summoned to the Pavilion to play with them . We were delighted with the King ...
... brought up with English surroundings , and were staying with him at the Pavilion . We liked them both ; they played with us at our school , and we were often summoned to the Pavilion to play with them . We were delighted with the King ...
Side 12
... brought the ends of the earth together in the service of man . Is it not absurd to speak of the Wealth of Nations ' or the works of Watts and Faraday as labour ? I feel sure that this one mistake in language is the fertile parent of ...
... brought the ends of the earth together in the service of man . Is it not absurd to speak of the Wealth of Nations ' or the works of Watts and Faraday as labour ? I feel sure that this one mistake in language is the fertile parent of ...
Side 56
... brought up abroad , where dishes are always carved at the side - table , I had never become a proficient carver . At most dinners there was venison , sent by some neigh- bouring magnate . The guests generally chose to eat it . I was ...
... brought up abroad , where dishes are always carved at the side - table , I had never become a proficient carver . At most dinners there was venison , sent by some neigh- bouring magnate . The guests generally chose to eat it . I was ...
Side 63
... brought us in contact with people of all classes , and our proceedings were slightly more adventurous . Except in a few of the larger towns , the inns were very primitive , and the luxurious hotels which I am told are now to be met with ...
... brought us in contact with people of all classes , and our proceedings were slightly more adventurous . Except in a few of the larger towns , the inns were very primitive , and the luxurious hotels which I am told are now to be met with ...
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acquaintance admired afterwards agreeable amusing arrived asked beautiful became Bodmin brother called carriage Ceylon charming Chatsworth Chiswick Church Court daughter delightful Devonshire Devonshire House dined dinner dress Duchess Duke Duke of Devonshire Earl Egerton elephants Emperor England English father favour favourite French friends garden gave Gladstone Granville Grosvenor guests Holmbury honour horses husband India interest invited Jung Kandy Lady Blessington Lady Marian late Lismore Castle lived London looked Lord Lord Overstone Lord Palmerston Lord Vivian Madame married miles Minister Monsieur morning mother native Nepaul never night occasion once opinion Oxford palace palkee Paris party Paxton political present pretty Prince Princess Princesse de Ligne Rajah received remarkable residence round Russia sent society soon steamer talk Talleyrand temple thought told took town Trincomalee wife women wrote young
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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.