Bygone YearsJ. Murray, 1905 - 339 sider |
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... person to look after the health and wants of their sons . Another privilege was to wear silk gowns and velvet caps ; and also to get better food , which , like the noblemen , they ate at a separate table of their own . My great friend ...
... person to look after the health and wants of their sons . Another privilege was to wear silk gowns and velvet caps ; and also to get better food , which , like the noblemen , they ate at a separate table of their own . My great friend ...
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... visits to Paris I came across a number of remarkable persons . I saw Talleyrand once or twice , and Thiers oftener . I frequently shook hands with Guizot , and heard Molé converse , who was reckoned one of the most agreeable men in.
... visits to Paris I came across a number of remarkable persons . I saw Talleyrand once or twice , and Thiers oftener . I frequently shook hands with Guizot , and heard Molé converse , who was reckoned one of the most agreeable men in.
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... person who took little interest in politics whom the Princess cared for . On one What the Princess chiefly suffered from was intense boredom , which amounted almost to a disease . If nobody called during the afternoon she would roll on ...
... person who took little interest in politics whom the Princess cared for . On one What the Princess chiefly suffered from was intense boredom , which amounted almost to a disease . If nobody called during the afternoon she would roll on ...
Side 30
... person she seems to have been truly attached to was M. Guizot , who was her friend for twenty years , and was faithful to her till she died . I was once present on an interesting occasion at her salon . All Paris was at that time ...
... person she seems to have been truly attached to was M. Guizot , who was her friend for twenty years , and was faithful to her till she died . I was once present on an interesting occasion at her salon . All Paris was at that time ...
Side 38
... person ever known to have the drag put along the boulevards at Paris . 66 on when driving For a long time . At last she was she refused to travel by railway . induced to go to Bowood by the Great Western line , when she got Mr. Brunel ...
... person ever known to have the drag put along the boulevards at Paris . 66 on when driving For a long time . At last she was she refused to travel by railway . induced to go to Bowood by the Great Western line , when she got Mr. Brunel ...
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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.