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for the taste for the subject which the perusal of this book infused into me when I
first read it some years ago , the present work would never have appeared .
Indeed , no small portion of my object will have been obtained should these
random ...
for the taste for the subject which the perusal of this book infused into me when I
first read it some years ago , the present work would never have appeared .
Indeed , no small portion of my object will have been obtained should these
random ...
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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 . The burgomaster of Winkelheim talks
slightingly of kings and queens to his neighbours in private , and professes that
they are ...
The staunchest democrat from the other side of the Atlantic feels never so proud
as when he attends a royal levee . The burgomaster of Winkelheim talks
slightingly of kings and queens to his neighbours in private , and professes that
they are ...
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... a very Richelieu at the council table , the soul of a vast European coalition
against the grasping Louis the Fourteenth , who , even when worn out with failure
and sickness , never gave in , who with a weak body , harassed by mental
anxiety ...
... a very Richelieu at the council table , the soul of a vast European coalition
against the grasping Louis the Fourteenth , who , even when worn out with failure
and sickness , never gave in , who with a weak body , harassed by mental
anxiety ...
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... as un - English as possible ; who cared for no one unless they were Dutchmen
, who had probably never read a line of Dryden , who used to sit up late at night
drinking gin , and who wasted British lands on foreign favourites and mistresses .
... as un - English as possible ; who cared for no one unless they were Dutchmen
, who had probably never read a line of Dryden , who used to sit up late at night
drinking gin , and who wasted British lands on foreign favourites and mistresses .
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never faltering a moment where he was concerned , undesirous of the richest
bauble that earth can offer , a crown , unless he too might share it with her ;
always loving , always longing for that love to be fully returned . Surely truer ,
better ...
never faltering a moment where he was concerned , undesirous of the richest
bauble that earth can offer , a crown , unless he too might share it with her ;
always loving , always longing for that love to be fully returned . Surely truer ,
better ...
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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.
Страница 27 - BONAPARTE. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION, completed by the insertion of above One Hundred Birds omitted in the original Work, and Illustrated by valuable Notes, and Life of the Author, by Sir WILLIAM JARDINE.
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.
Страница 16 - Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and Foreign, and an account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.
Страница 268 - The time is coming when perhaps a few old men, the last survivors of our generation, will in vain seek, amidst new streets, and squares, and railway stations, for the site of that dwelling...
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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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