The old court suburb; or, Memorials of Kensington, regal, critical, and anecdotal, Том 11855 |
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... dressed decently and simply , and settled down for the remainder of his life into the domestic husband , the reader of books , and the lover of country retirement , from which he could not bear to be absent for 28 FOX .
... dressed decently and simply , and settled down for the remainder of his life into the domestic husband , the reader of books , and the lover of country retirement , from which he could not bear to be absent for 28 FOX .
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... Readers may call to mind a remnant of one of the pits , existing but a few years ago , to the north of the Palace in Kensington Gardens , and adding greatly to their pictu- resque look thereabouts . A pleasant poetical tradition was ...
... Readers may call to mind a remnant of one of the pits , existing but a few years ago , to the north of the Palace in Kensington Gardens , and adding greatly to their pictu- resque look thereabouts . A pleasant poetical tradition was ...
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... reader of similar paternal stories of Agesilaus and others . A tap was heard , one day , at his closet door , while his secretary was in attendance . " Who is there ? " said the king . " Lord Buck , " answered the little voice of a ...
... reader of similar paternal stories of Agesilaus and others . A tap was heard , one day , at his closet door , while his secretary was in attendance . " Who is there ? " said the king . " Lord Buck , " answered the little voice of a ...
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Leigh Hunt. witness it ) which closed the Duchess's reign . The reader may imagine it as he goes along the Gardens , and looks up at its now tranquil apartments . Sarah Jennings , afterwards Churchill , Duchess of Marlborough , who was ...
Leigh Hunt. witness it ) which closed the Duchess's reign . The reader may imagine it as he goes along the Gardens , and looks up at its now tranquil apartments . Sarah Jennings , afterwards Churchill , Duchess of Marlborough , who was ...
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... But we must have done ; or semi - utilitarian readers , who do not know what crowning use there is in uselessness , will think us really benighted . To return , therefore , to flesh and blood- Tickell's 128 FAIRY CONFIGURATIONS .
... But we must have done ; or semi - utilitarian readers , who do not know what crowning use there is in uselessness , will think us really benighted . To return , therefore , to flesh and blood- Tickell's 128 FAIRY CONFIGURATIONS .
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