The Old Court Suburb: Or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 - 288 страници |
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... kind of remnant of a successor . We shall have more to say of the family by and bye . But whatever was the importance of the district , as the possession of a race of nobles , it obtains no distinct or certain image in the mind of the ...
... kind of remnant of a successor . We shall have more to say of the family by and bye . But whatever was the importance of the district , as the possession of a race of nobles , it obtains no distinct or certain image in the mind of the ...
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... kind of English - Frenchman , that had strayed into Farringdon Ward Without ; and he ulti- mately mystified both King and people ; for he was really of no party , but that of plea- sure and a fine coat . The best thing about him was his ...
... kind of English - Frenchman , that had strayed into Farringdon Ward Without ; and he ulti- mately mystified both King and people ; for he was really of no party , but that of plea- sure and a fine coat . The best thing about him was his ...
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... kind or another , was the ruin of the poor handsome Count and 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 ...
... kind or another , was the ruin of the poor handsome Count and 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 ...
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... kind of reserve with the Countess , as a setter of imperial example . The poor lady died of apoplexy ; which , under certain kinds of trial , means a shock of despair ; and the gentleman only re- ceived an appointment , when it was too ...
... kind of reserve with the Countess , as a setter of imperial example . The poor lady died of apoplexy ; which , under certain kinds of trial , means a shock of despair ; and the gentleman only re- ceived an appointment , when it was too ...
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... any truth of expression . Buhl is no company- has nothing to entertain us with , but its unnecessary flourishes . Gilding is something , for it is a kind of PASTORALS IN POWDER . 79 sunshine . The jumble called 78 ENGLISH MANUFACTURE .
... any truth of expression . Buhl is no company- has nothing to entertain us with , but its unnecessary flourishes . Gilding is something , for it is a kind of PASTORALS IN POWDER . 79 sunshine . The jumble called 78 ENGLISH MANUFACTURE .
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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.