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... entered , was leaning over the back of a large chair , from which as Coningsby was announced by the valet , the Lord of the house slowly rose , for he was suffering slightly from the gout , his left hand resting on an ivory stick . Lord ...
... entered , was leaning over the back of a large chair , from which as Coningsby was announced by the valet , the Lord of the house slowly rose , for he was suffering slightly from the gout , his left hand resting on an ivory stick . Lord ...
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... entered the vestibule . ' If you had seen these gardens when they were illumi- nated for a fête to George IV . , ' said Rigby , as crossing the chamber he ushered his charge into the state apartments . The splendour and variety of the ...
... entered the vestibule . ' If you had seen these gardens when they were illumi- nated for a fête to George IV . , ' said Rigby , as crossing the chamber he ushered his charge into the state apartments . The splendour and variety of the ...
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... entering the courtyard of Apsley House ? Great was the panic at Brookes ' , wild the hopes of Carlton Terrace ; all the gentlemen who expected to have been made peers per- ceived that the country was going to be given over to a ...
... entering the courtyard of Apsley House ? Great was the panic at Brookes ' , wild the hopes of Carlton Terrace ; all the gentlemen who expected to have been made peers per- ceived that the country was going to be given over to a ...
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... entering the room , ' I am desired to state that the Duke of Wellington is with the King . ' ' There is a Providence ... entered the room in a state of great bustle and excitement ; they were immediately surrounded . Saw Per- Saw ' But ...
... entering the room , ' I am desired to state that the Duke of Wellington is with the King . ' ' There is a Providence ... entered the room in a state of great bustle and excitement ; they were immediately surrounded . Saw Per- Saw ' But ...
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... entering the room , ' I am desired to state that the Duke of Wellington is with the King . ' " There is a Providence ... entered the room in a state of great bustle and excitement ; they were immediately surrounded . Per- Saw ' But ' Is ...
... entering the room , ' I am desired to state that the Duke of Wellington is with the King . ' " There is a Providence ... entered the room in a state of great bustle and excitement ; they were immediately surrounded . Per- Saw ' But ' Is ...
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acquaintance admired agitated arrived beautiful borough Buckhurst carriage Castle CHAPTER character charming circumstances companion Coningsby Coningsby's Conservative countenance Darlford daughter delight dinner Duchess Duke Duke of Wellington Edith England Eton excitement exclaimed expression fancy father favour feelings felt Flora fond fortune gentleman glance going graceful grandfather guests Guy Flouncey happy heard heart Hellingsley Henry Sydney hero hour House of Commons House of Lords influence inquired interest Lady Everingham Lady Monmouth Lady Wallinger looked Lord Beaumanoir Lord Eskdale Lord Fitz-booby Lord Monmouth Madame Colonna manner Marquess marriage Melton mind Miss Millbank Monmouth House morning never ningsby noble once opinion Ormsby Oswald Paris Parliament party passion perhaps perplexed political Princess Lucretia principles racter Rigby saloons scene seemed Sidonia Sir Joseph society spirit stranger Tadpole Taper things thought tion tone Villebecque voice Whig wish young youth
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Página 376 - The ORIGIN of CIVILISATION and the PRIMITIVE CONDITION of MAN ; Mental and Social Condition of Savages.
Página 376 - LORD MACAULAY'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS and SPEECHES. STUDENT'S EDITION, in crown 8vo. price 6s. The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH'S MISCELLANEOUS WORKS; including his Contributions to the Edinburgh Review. Crown 8vo. 6s. The Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith; a Selection of the most memorable Passages in his Writings and Conversation.
Página 115 - Foix was only twenty- two when he stood a victor on the plain of Ravenna. Every one remembers Conde and Rocroy at the same age. Gustavus Adolphus died at thirty-eight. Look at his captains: that wonderful Duke of Weimar, only thirty-six when he died.
Página 321 - We should now so act that, when the occasion arrives, we should clearly comprehend what we want, and have formed an opinion as to the best means by which that want can be supplied. " For this purpose I would accustom the public mind to the contemplation of an existing though torpid power in the constitution, capable of removing our social grievances...
Página 350 - An indefinite, yet strong sympathy with the peasantry of the realm had been one of the characteristic sensibilities of Lord Henry at Eton. Yet a schoolboy, he had busied himself with their pastimes and the details of their cottage economy. As he advanced in life the horizon of his views expanded with his intelligence and his experience; and...
Página 117 - It may be all these; yet these, as we must all daily feel, are not necessarily great men. A great man is one who affects the mind of his generation: whether he be a monk in his cloister agitating Christendom, or a monarch crossing the Granicus, and giving a new character to the Pagan World.
Página 70 - ... really nothing in common with the ancient character of our political settlement, or the manners and customs of the English people. Confidence in the loyalty of the nation, testified by munificent grants of rights and franchises, and favour to an expansive system of traffic, were distinctive qualities of the English sovereignty, until the House of Commons usurped the better portion of its prerogatives.
Página 40 - All loves of after life can never bring its rapture, or its wretchedness; no bliss so absorbing, no pangs of jealousy or despair so crushing and so keen! What tenderness and what devotion; what illimitable confidence; infinite revelations of inmost thoughts; what ecstatic present and romantic future; what bitter estrangements and what melting reconciliations; what scenes of wild recrimination, agitating explanations, passionate correspondence; what insane sensitiveness, and what frantic sensibility;...
Página 115 - Banier himself, after all his miracles, died at forty-five. Cortes was little more than thirty when he gazed upon the golden cupolas of Mexico. When Maurice of Saxony died at thirty-two, all Europe acknowledged the loss of the greatest captain and the profoundest statesman of the age.