Family Romance: Or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... continued to flourish long after the parent stem had withered away ; but the ruthless spoliation of the Encumbered Estates ' Court has doomed even this last scion to destruc- tion , and within the past year condemned to sale the small ...
... continued to flourish long after the parent stem had withered away ; but the ruthless spoliation of the Encumbered Estates ' Court has doomed even this last scion to destruc- tion , and within the past year condemned to sale the small ...
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... continued to receive until his decease in 1807 , at the age of 82. From the time he entered into holy orders , his eminence took no part in politics , and seems to have laid aside all worldly views . The only exception to this line of ...
... continued to receive until his decease in 1807 , at the age of 82. From the time he entered into holy orders , his eminence took no part in politics , and seems to have laid aside all worldly views . The only exception to this line of ...
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... continued until she conquered fame and fortune in Polly Peachum . This was in 1728 , when Gay's cele- brated opera was first brought out at the theatre in Lincoln's - Inn - Fields , the same building of which there is a pious and ...
... continued until she conquered fame and fortune in Polly Peachum . This was in 1728 , when Gay's cele- brated opera was first brought out at the theatre in Lincoln's - Inn - Fields , the same building of which there is a pious and ...
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... continued perfectly sensible to the last , though suffering great pain . About four o'clock in the morning , an alarming change was observed in her , and the physician , Dr. Bain , being sent for , was speedily in attend- ance . Upon ...
... continued perfectly sensible to the last , though suffering great pain . About four o'clock in the morning , an alarming change was observed in her , and the physician , Dr. Bain , being sent for , was speedily in attend- ance . Upon ...
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... continued to act a variety of characters . Maria Foote was only six teen when she appeared at Covent Garden , in the character of Amanthis , in " The Child of Nature . " Her personal attractions , her fascinating manners , and her ...
... continued to act a variety of characters . Maria Foote was only six teen when she appeared at Covent Garden , in the character of Amanthis , in " The Child of Nature . " Her personal attractions , her fascinating manners , and her ...
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Стр. 12 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Стр. 309 - Also I will have all my houses furnished, and all my lodging chambers to be suited with all such furniture as is fit ; as beds, stools, chairs, suitable cushions, carpets, silver warmingpans, cupboards of plate, fair hangings, and such like. So for my...
Стр. 313 - NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD, Comprising A WINTER PASSAGE ACROSS THE ANDES TO CHILI, WITH A VISIT TO THE GOLD REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND AUSTRALIA, THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS, JAVA, &c.
Стр. 12 - ... In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter...
Стр. 30 - December 11, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency ; in consequence of which, he registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors.
Стр. 12 - Shrewsbury and love; Or just as gay at council, in a ring Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends!
Стр. 307 - Also I would, besides that allowance for my apparel, have £600 added yearly (quarterly to be paid), for the performance of charitable works, and these things I would not, neither will be accountable for. " Also I will have three horses for my own saddle, that none shall dare to lend or borrow; none lend but I, none borrow but you.
Стр. 11 - Charles ; when he alike ridiculed that witty king and his solemn chancellor ; when he plotted the ruin of his country with a cabal of bad ministers, or, equally unprincipled, supported its cause with bad patriots, — one laments that such parts should have been devoid of every virtue ; but when Alcibiades turns chemist ; when he is a real bubble and a visionary miser ; when ambition is but a frolic ; when the worst designs are for the foolishest ends, — contempt extinguishes all reflection on...
Стр. 31 - Dec. 11, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison by the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, in consequence of which he registered his kingdom of Corsica for the use of his creditors. The grave, great teacher, to a level brings Heroes and beggars, galley-slaves and kings. But Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead : Fate pour'd its lessons on his living head, Bestow'da kingdom, and denied him bread.