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... give thee all I can , no more , Though poor the offering be . If , then , asked why I publish it , I make the usual excuse - because my friends advise it , and I attach greater weight to their opinion than to my own . It may cause some ...
... give thee all I can , no more , Though poor the offering be . If , then , asked why I publish it , I make the usual excuse - because my friends advise it , and I attach greater weight to their opinion than to my own . It may cause some ...
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... give up their games in order by manual exertion to do something useful , and accordingly persuading them to dig a road which led nowhere and was left unfinished ? Surely educated youths should try to benefit mankind by the use of their ...
... give up their games in order by manual exertion to do something useful , and accordingly persuading them to dig a road which led nowhere and was left unfinished ? Surely educated youths should try to benefit mankind by the use of their ...
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... give him a thousand pounds if in the next volume he would restore her to health . This Richardson refused to do . cessive volumes , and described as dying . Richardson that he Eugène Sue then wrote some stories full of sympathy for the ...
... give him a thousand pounds if in the next volume he would restore her to health . This Richardson refused to do . cessive volumes , and described as dying . Richardson that he Eugène Sue then wrote some stories full of sympathy for the ...
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... give from the time he came of age , had always the world at his feet . He was clever and amusing , and , had he not been very deaf , might have played a conspicuous part in public life . In consequence of the adulation he received he ...
... give from the time he came of age , had always the world at his feet . He was clever and amusing , and , had he not been very deaf , might have played a conspicuous part in public life . In consequence of the adulation he received he ...
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... gives us a truer representation of life . If I The Duke gradually invited not only Paxton but his family to his dinners and parties in town and country , which was not approved of by some of the vulgar fashionables , and was rather ...
... gives us a truer representation of life . If I The Duke gradually invited not only Paxton but his family to his dinners and parties in town and country , which was not approved of by some of the vulgar fashionables , and was rather ...
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Bygone Years: Recollections (Classic Reprint) F. Leveson Gower Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2015 |
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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.