The Old Court Suburb: Or, Memorials of Kensington, Regal, Critical, and Anecdotical, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1855 - 288 страници |
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... thought traceable to some landed proprietor , of the name of Chenesi , a family so called having been found in Somersetshire , in the reign of Edward the Confessor . Another ancient authority writes the word , Chens- netun . Temptations ...
... thought traceable to some landed proprietor , of the name of Chenesi , a family so called having been found in Somersetshire , in the reign of Edward the Confessor . Another ancient authority writes the word , Chens- netun . Temptations ...
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... thoughts , and benefit the health which he was injuring for his country . But we must not be diverted into these speculations . Whatever was the origin of its name , there is no doubt that the first inhabited spot of Kensington was an ...
... thoughts , and benefit the health which he was injuring for his country . But we must not be diverted into these speculations . Whatever was the origin of its name , there is no doubt that the first inhabited spot of Kensington was an ...
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... thought it was to be destroyed , without renovation elsewhere , we felt amazed at the selfishness of such of its rich neighbours as could insist on the performance of a promise to that effect notwithstanding the wishes of millions ...
... thought it was to be destroyed , without renovation elsewhere , we felt amazed at the selfishness of such of its rich neighbours as could insist on the performance of a promise to that effect notwithstanding the wishes of millions ...
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... ; for he was a highly refined personage . Some thought him too refined ; and stories were told of the care which he took of his complexion . Fas- MARQUIS WELLESLEY . tidious he certainly was ; fond of 24 DUCHESS OF KINGSTON .
... ; for he was a highly refined personage . Some thought him too refined ; and stories were told of the care which he took of his complexion . Fas- MARQUIS WELLESLEY . tidious he certainly was ; fond of 24 DUCHESS OF KINGSTON .
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... thought re- markable . The first daughter , who was as plain and as lively as her father , died unmarried , universally lamented . The other , a very agree- able lady , in face as well as in manners , we had the pleasure of seeing once ...
... thought re- markable . The first daughter , who was as plain and as lively as her father , died unmarried , universally lamented . The other , a very agree- able lady , in face as well as in manners , we had the pleasure of seeing once ...
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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.