Family Romance: Or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, Том 2Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... short period : the Genoese gaining ground again , it became neces- sary to seek for foreign supplies and foreign aid , and Theodore undertook , at once , the mission . Laying aside his kingly character , he assumed the habit of an Abbé ...
... short period : the Genoese gaining ground again , it became neces- sary to seek for foreign supplies and foreign aid , and Theodore undertook , at once , the mission . Laying aside his kingly character , he assumed the habit of an Abbé ...
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... liberal offers of money - by everything , indeed , short of marriage - she had the good sense and the right feeling to repulse this passioned adorer . Soon after this , Miss Fenton appeared as Cherry , ACTRESSES RAISED TO RANK . 41.
... liberal offers of money - by everything , indeed , short of marriage - she had the good sense and the right feeling to repulse this passioned adorer . Soon after this , Miss Fenton appeared as Cherry , ACTRESSES RAISED TO RANK . 41.
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... short probation on his own stages , Mr. Brunton con- sidered that it would be quite safe to trust his daughter to the ordeal of a London audience , which , in those days , when sober criticism used to arrange itself on the first benches ...
... short probation on his own stages , Mr. Brunton con- sidered that it would be quite safe to trust his daughter to the ordeal of a London audience , which , in those days , when sober criticism used to arrange itself on the first benches ...
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... Sir William Boothby , Bart . , but upon his death she , for a short time , resumed her professional avocations under her former name of Nisbett . 65 GENERAL DALZELL'S DINNER AT DUD- DINGSTON . LORD DUNDEE 64 FAMILY ROMANCE .
... Sir William Boothby , Bart . , but upon his death she , for a short time , resumed her professional avocations under her former name of Nisbett . 65 GENERAL DALZELL'S DINNER AT DUD- DINGSTON . LORD DUNDEE 64 FAMILY ROMANCE .
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... short , sharp remedy of murder , using for his agents in the business Sir Piers Legh and William Savage , both gentlemen of family , in Cheshire . To carry out their project , it was necessary to bribe the porter , and a servant within ...
... short , sharp remedy of murder , using for his agents in the business Sir Piers Legh and William Savage , both gentlemen of family , in Cheshire . To carry out their project , it was necessary to bribe the porter , and a servant within ...
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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.