Bygone YearsJ. Murray, 1905 - 339 sider |
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Side 10
... invited some of the leading under- graduates whom he did not know . His speech on this occasion did not make a favourable im- pression . He said he could hardly express how 1819-40 ] RUSKIN II much he felt honoured that so ΙΟ EARLY LIFE.
... invited some of the leading under- graduates whom he did not know . His speech on this occasion did not make a favourable im- pression . He said he could hardly express how 1819-40 ] RUSKIN II much he felt honoured that so ΙΟ EARLY LIFE.
Side 11
... invitation . This dis- inclined us to keep up the acquaintance , although we were the losers thereby . I cannot however , say that I have ever felt the enthusiasm with which Ruskin inspired so many of his contemporaries . No one can ...
... invitation . This dis- inclined us to keep up the acquaintance , although we were the losers thereby . I cannot however , say that I have ever felt the enthusiasm with which Ruskin inspired so many of his contemporaries . No one can ...
Side 15
... invitation to a great ball given by the Duke of Wellington in honour of the Coronation . After dinner I went home to dress , when , knocked up by the fatigues of the day , I sat down in an armchair , fell fast asleep , and did not awake ...
... invitation to a great ball given by the Duke of Wellington in honour of the Coronation . After dinner I went home to dress , when , knocked up by the fatigues of the day , I sat down in an armchair , fell fast asleep , and did not awake ...
Side 35
... invited . the sons of their friends to visit them . She rather alarmed us , and put to us questions which were difficult to answer at once . Cosmo Russell , the Duke of Bedford's son , what profession he would prefer . He answered ...
... invited . the sons of their friends to visit them . She rather alarmed us , and put to us questions which were difficult to answer at once . Cosmo Russell , the Duke of Bedford's son , what profession he would prefer . He answered ...
Side 39
... , whether Whig or Tory . She often got me invited in order that I might accompany her . We once dined at Chesterfield House , after which she told her old friends that she had never before understood what constituted good.
... , whether Whig or Tory . She often got me invited in order that I might accompany her . We once dined at Chesterfield House , after which she told her old friends that she had never before understood what constituted good.
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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.