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... round the room , and her beauty excited general admiration . Two days later she was seized with an attack of cholera , to which she succumbed . I need not say how much we were grieved and shocked . We went out no more , soon taking our ...
... round the room , and her beauty excited general admiration . Two days later she was seized with an attack of cholera , to which she succumbed . I need not say how much we were grieved and shocked . We went out no more , soon taking our ...
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... round , and which , she said , made her too sad . And yet I was assured she met death with perfect calmness . But she was not courageous , particularly in a carriage . Her coachman once told her he could go backwards , but could not go ...
... round , and which , she said , made her too sad . And yet I was assured she met death with perfect calmness . But she was not courageous , particularly in a carriage . Her coachman once told her he could go backwards , but could not go ...
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... round the arena for a foe , his first rush at the picador , the dexterity with which the picador wards him off with his lance , how the bull gets alternately cowed and infuriated , how he bellows and paws the ground previous to the next ...
... round the arena for a foe , his first rush at the picador , the dexterity with which the picador wards him off with his lance , how the bull gets alternately cowed and infuriated , how he bellows and paws the ground previous to the next ...
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... round to look at me enjoying it , and encourage me to persevere . My host was at Madrid , but his bailiff s'est mis en quatre to do the honours . It was distressing but at the same time amusing to see him follow George about with ...
... round to look at me enjoying it , and encourage me to persevere . My host was at Madrid , but his bailiff s'est mis en quatre to do the honours . It was distressing but at the same time amusing to see him follow George about with ...
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... round , with its palm - trees , fields of cactus , and hedges of aloes . The coast from Almeria to Malaga is magnificent , perpendicular rocks rising straight from the sea , and in the distance the Sierra Nevada . We spent a charming ...
... round , with its palm - trees , fields of cactus , and hedges of aloes . The coast from Almeria to Malaga is magnificent , perpendicular rocks rising straight from the sea , and in the distance the Sierra Nevada . We spent a charming ...
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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.