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... Otto Trevelyan ' s “ Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay , ” and above all to Leigh
Hunt ' s « Old Court Suburb . " From the ast work I have borrowed less directly
than from the others , but I feel that were it not for the taste for the subject which
the ...
... Otto Trevelyan ' s “ Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay , ” and above all to Leigh
Hunt ' s « Old Court Suburb . " From the ast work I have borrowed less directly
than from the others , but I feel that were it not for the taste for the subject which
the ...
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... them , and when we meet little men we shall say but little about them .
Sometimes we may feel inclined to recall to our minds the principal events in
some noteworthy life , at others we may have no wish or there may be no
necessity for us ...
... them , and when we meet little men we shall say but little about them .
Sometimes we may feel inclined to recall to our minds the principal events in
some noteworthy life , at others we may have no wish or there may be no
necessity for us ...
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... the historian as well as the artist produce blurred and distorted outlines , and
there is always some difficulty in saying anything but good while friends and
relations still exist to feel hurt at remarks of a contrary nature , be they just or
unjust .
... the historian as well as the artist produce blurred and distorted outlines , and
there is always some difficulty in saying anything but good while friends and
relations still exist to feel hurt at remarks of a contrary nature , be they just or
unjust .
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The staunchest democrat from the other side of the Atlantic feels never so proud
as when he attends a royal levee . ... But the worthy theorist will turn hot and cold
and feel his heart in a flutter when his majesty condescendingly addresses a few
...
The staunchest democrat from the other side of the Atlantic feels never so proud
as when he attends a royal levee . ... But the worthy theorist will turn hot and cold
and feel his heart in a flutter when his majesty condescendingly addresses a few
...
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... Privy Council , held forty - three years ago , still survives — Earl Grey , then
Secretary at War , who has reached the age of seventy - eight . Great indeed
have been the changes in those forty - three years . Thankful may we feel that
they have ...
... Privy Council , held forty - three years ago , still survives — Earl Grey , then
Secretary at War , who has reached the age of seventy - eight . Great indeed
have been the changes in those forty - three years . Thankful may we feel that
they have ...
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Страница 89 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust.
Страница 98 - The road between this place (Kensington) and London is grown so infamously bad, that we live here in the same solitude as we should do if cast on a rock in the middle of the ocean, and all the Londoners tell us there is between them and us a great impassable gulf of mud.
Страница 90 - ... for the day of the week, and a watch for the hour of the day, you may inform yourself fully, without any other intelligence but your memory, of every transaction within the verge of the Court. Walking, chaises, levées, and audiences fill the morning.
Страница 232 - IMPROMPTU, Suggested by a View, in 1766, of the Scat and Ruins of a Deceased Nobleman, at Kingsgate, Kent. Old, and abandon'd by each venal friend, Here H dt form'd the pious resolution To smuggle a few years, and strive to mend A broken character and constitution.
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Страница 268 - ... who found himself for the first time among Ambassadors and Earls. They will remember that constant flow of conversation, so natural, so animated, so various, so rich with observation and anecdote ; that wit which never gave a wound ; that exquisite mimicry which ennobled, instead of degrading; that goodness of heart which appeared in every look and accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement.
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Страница 97 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
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| Заглавие | Kenna's Kingdom: a Ramble Through Kingly Kensington |
| Автор | Robert Weir Brown |
| Издател | David Bogue, 1881 |
| Оригиналът е от | Оксфордският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 18 апр 2007 |
| Брой страници | 80 страници |
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