The Old Court Suburb: Or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 - 288 страници |
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... Countess of Bles- sington , " that readers of a work like the present will probably expect us to give our opinion on the subject at greater length , than would otherwise have been the case . * * The feelings of the book , as far as the ...
... Countess of Bles- sington , " that readers of a work like the present will probably expect us to give our opinion on the subject at greater length , than would otherwise have been the case . * * The feelings of the book , as far as the ...
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... Countess Alfred , returned to England , and took up her abode in Seamore Place , May Fair , where she resided till the year 1836 , in the course of which time the married couple parted , having lived together ten years ; and , on Lady ...
... Countess Alfred , returned to England , and took up her abode in Seamore Place , May Fair , where she resided till the year 1836 , in the course of which time the married couple parted , having lived together ten years ; and , on Lady ...
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... one of a circle , over which presided the charming woman , who was herself a novelist . We do not hear of ladies among the visitors , though the Countess appears to AND COUNT D'ORSAY . have had cordial female friends . 54 LADY BLESSINGTON.
... one of a circle , over which presided the charming woman , who was herself a novelist . We do not hear of ladies among the visitors , though the Countess appears to AND COUNT D'ORSAY . have had cordial female friends . 54 LADY BLESSINGTON.
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... Countess . Nobody , of course , contemplated such a result ; and the flattery was very natural ; for they were accomplished as well as handsome and kind - hearted persons , notwithstanding that mistake . The establishment broke down in ...
... Countess . Nobody , of course , contemplated such a result ; and the flattery was very natural ; for they were accomplished as well as handsome and kind - hearted persons , notwithstanding that mistake . The establishment broke down in ...
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... Countess kept an eye on the household ex- penses ; in vain she thought to turn a jointure of two thousand a - year into four thousand , by " literature ; " in vain the Count resorted even to alchemy ; in vain , as a last resource , he ...
... Countess kept an eye on the household ex- penses ; in vain she thought to turn a jointure of two thousand a - year into four thousand , by " literature ; " in vain the Count resorted even to alchemy ; in vain , as a last resource , he ...
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Страница 227 - His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft. Tom never from his word departed His virtues were so rare ; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair : And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft!
Страница 194 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Страница 41 - I will not attempt with profane hands to tear the sacred veil of the sanctuary; I am disposed, with the inhabitants of Attica, to erect an altar to the unknown god of our political idolatry, and will be content to worship him in clouds and darkness.
Страница 48 - The Lord of all, himself through all diffused, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God.
Страница 274 - Not who first see the rising sun commands, But who could first discern the rising lands. Who best could know to pump an earth so leak, Him they their lord, and country's father, speak. To make a bank was a great plot of state ; Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
Страница 26 - Ah happy hills, ah pleasing shade, Ah fields belov'd in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales, that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Страница 226 - TOM BOWLING HERE, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For Death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft ; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.