Romantic Records of Distinguished Families: Being the Second Series of the Anecdotes of the Aristocracy, Volume 1E. Churton, 1851 |
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... exclaimed , " You don't mean to say that the judge has really any thought of disin- heriting me ? " " More unlikely things have come to pass , " re- plied the soldier . " And who the devil has put this into your head ? it never came ...
... exclaimed , " You don't mean to say that the judge has really any thought of disin- heriting me ? " " More unlikely things have come to pass , " re- plied the soldier . " And who the devil has put this into your head ? it never came ...
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... exclaimed Tavestock ; " ' tis the old fellow we took for a citizen ; but when did a flat - cap ever stand upon his defence in such sol- dierly fashion ? " " He may be the devil for aught I care , " said his companion ; " but being as he ...
... exclaimed Tavestock ; " ' tis the old fellow we took for a citizen ; but when did a flat - cap ever stand upon his defence in such sol- dierly fashion ? " " He may be the devil for aught I care , " said his companion ; " but being as he ...
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... exclaimed . " What eyes ! what a forehead ! -white and polished as ivory ! -what cheeks ! -- the carnation blending with the lily ! 99 The rustling of silk , and a light " Ahem ! " made him suddenly turn round , when who should stand ...
... exclaimed . " What eyes ! what a forehead ! -white and polished as ivory ! -what cheeks ! -- the carnation blending with the lily ! 99 The rustling of silk , and a light " Ahem ! " made him suddenly turn round , when who should stand ...
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... exclaimed , in the bitterness of self- accusation , " how could I think that any man of name and substance would bestow his daughter's hand upon one like myself , a bankrupt alike in character and fortune ? If I am neglected , spurned ...
... exclaimed , in the bitterness of self- accusation , " how could I think that any man of name and substance would bestow his daughter's hand upon one like myself , a bankrupt alike in character and fortune ? If I am neglected , spurned ...
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... exclaimed : " Tell your master I can't come - I won't come ! 99 The domestic looked at him with surprise . " Have you not heard me , fellow ? or are you so dull that you can't understand me ? Say to your master , I won't come ; and the ...
... exclaimed : " Tell your master I can't come - I won't come ! 99 The domestic looked at him with surprise . " Have you not heard me , fellow ? or are you so dull that you can't understand me ? Say to your master , I won't come ; and the ...
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Page 143 - UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, SIDNEY'S sister, PEMBROKE'S mother ; Death ! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Page 164 - Not so; thou knowest that which thou hast promised me; ' and whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge : where thou diest will I die ' * if that the Lord, as I hope, will hear the ardent sighs of my poor soul.
Page 242 - The question for me now to decide is this—Is a gentleman, who happens to be the King's minister, to submit to be insulted by any gentleman who thinks proper to attribute to him disgraceful or criminal motives for his conduct as an individual ? I cannot doubt of the decision which I ought to make on this question. Your lordship is alone responsible for the consequences. I now call upon your lordship to give me that satisfaction for your conduct which a gentleman has a right to require, and which...
Page 231 - Duke, who had for some time previous to that period determined upon breaking in upon the constitution of 1688, might the more effectually, under the cloak of some outward show of zeal for the Protestant religion, carry on his insidious designs for the infringement of our liberties and the introduction of Popery into every department of the State.
Page 241 - Instead of apologizing for your own conduct, your Lordship has called upon me to explain mine. The question for me now to decide is this. Is a gentleman who happens to be the King's minister to submit to be insulted by any gentleman who thinks proper to attribute to him disgraceful or criminal motives for his conduct as an individual ? I cannot doubt of the decision which I ought to make on this question. Your Lordship is alone responsible for the consequences.
Page 166 - Reidesel, and the wives of two British officers, Major Harnage, and Lieutenant Reynell: but in the event, their presence served but little for comfort. Major Harnage was soon brought to the surgeons, very badly wounded; and a little after came intelligence, that Lieutenant Reynell was shot, dead. Imagination will want no help to figure the state of the whole group.
Page 234 - MY LORD, — I have had the honour of receiving your Lordship's letter of the 18th instant.
Page 241 - PM Since the insult, unprovoked on my part, and not denied by your lordship, I have done everything in my power to induce your lordship to make me reparation, but in vain. Instead of apologizing for your own conduct, your lordship has called upon me to explain mine.
Page 180 - ... herself down in a great chair with arms, and presently fetching a strong breathing or two, immediately expired, and was so suddenly cold as was much wondered at by the physician and surgeon. She died at Waltham, in Essex, three miles from Chelmsford, and the letter was sent to Sir Charles at his house in Warwickshire ; but he was so afflicted...
Page 108 - Radiant Boy. Be content. It is an omen of prosperous fortunes. I would rather that this subject should no more be mentioned.