Family Romance: Or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... sent for me , gave me money , made me drink wine with him , and ex- pressed a wish to serve me in every possible way . After repeated conversations he disclosed his pur- poses to me , with large bribes and commands to secrecy . He told ...
... sent for me , gave me money , made me drink wine with him , and ex- pressed a wish to serve me in every possible way . After repeated conversations he disclosed his pur- poses to me , with large bribes and commands to secrecy . He told ...
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... sent a special messen- ger , inviting him to cast in his lot with James II . , holding forth , at the same time , as an inducement , high promises of a speedy restoration to his lost hereditary possessions . Remembering , however , the ...
... sent a special messen- ger , inviting him to cast in his lot with James II . , holding forth , at the same time , as an inducement , high promises of a speedy restoration to his lost hereditary possessions . Remembering , however , the ...
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... sent up rich perfumes that thrilled his heart with rapture . There was a silence , a hallowed peace on every side . Derry stood eleven miles distant ; not a cry of the combatants , not a single echo of musketry could be heard . For a ...
... sent up rich perfumes that thrilled his heart with rapture . There was a silence , a hallowed peace on every side . Derry stood eleven miles distant ; not a cry of the combatants , not a single echo of musketry could be heard . For a ...
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... sent by Major - General Kirke into Londonderry at the time of the siege , with notice of the intended relief , and did , after great hazard of his life , perform that considerable service , swimming up the river into the town ; and was ...
... sent by Major - General Kirke into Londonderry at the time of the siege , with notice of the intended relief , and did , after great hazard of his life , perform that considerable service , swimming up the river into the town ; and was ...
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... sent to the relief of Londonderry . 66 THAT , while the General lay in the Lough of Derry , he received intelligence that the Town was capitulating , and in three or four days was to be surrendered . " THAT all the ways to the town were ...
... sent to the relief of Londonderry . 66 THAT , while the General lay in the Lough of Derry , he received intelligence that the Town was capitulating , and in three or four days was to be surrendered . " THAT all the ways to the town were ...
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acquaintance afterwards Allanton amongst ancient anecdotes appearance Baroness d'Oberkirch Bath beautiful became bound brother Brummel called castle character Charles Chiappini Claverhouse coach Corbet crown daughter death Derry descended died distinguished Donnington Castle Duchess Duke Duke of Hamilton Duke of Orleans Dundas Earl of Crawford Earldom of Crawford Edward Wortley Montague England fashion father fortune France gentleman George guineas Hamilton hand honour hope interesting Ireland James John Kilsyth King Lady Mary Lady Newborough letter Lindsay living Lord Hopetoun Louis Macnaghton Maria Stella marriage married matter Miss Knox Montague narrative Nash Newbury night noble Paris party passed possessed post 8vo present Prince reign replied returned Roch Royal Sam Slick seemed Sherbroke singular Sir Robert soon spirit story strange tale Thirlestane thought tion told town volumes wife William Winchcombe wounded Wynyard young
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Стр. 150 - I have heard,' says Sir John Sherbroke, ' of a man's being as pale as death, but I never saw a living face assume the appearance of a corpse except Wynyard's at that moment.
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