Tales of Our Great Families, Volumen 2Hurst and Blackett, 1877 |
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... IN THE HISTORY OF THE COURTENAYS 244 THE HOUSE OF BERKELEY 269 ROMANCE OF THE HOUSE OE ASHBROOK 281 ROMANCE OF THE TOWNSHENDS 288 • THE DYMOKES OF SCRIVELSBY 299 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES . A LORD LYTTELTON'S GHOST.
... IN THE HISTORY OF THE COURTENAYS 244 THE HOUSE OF BERKELEY 269 ROMANCE OF THE HOUSE OE ASHBROOK 281 ROMANCE OF THE TOWNSHENDS 288 • THE DYMOKES OF SCRIVELSBY 299 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES . A LORD LYTTELTON'S GHOST.
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... Berkeley , by whom he had a daughter , whom he endowed with the wealth of his second wife . As a proof that Lord Nugent was a wit in his way , we may remind our readers of an old story told of him when a Member of the House of Commons ...
... Berkeley , by whom he had a daughter , whom he endowed with the wealth of his second wife . As a proof that Lord Nugent was a wit in his way , we may remind our readers of an old story told of him when a Member of the House of Commons ...
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... Berkeley , of which Roger de Berkeley , its previous owner , had been divested by the royal will . Sir Bernard Burke mentions of this Robert de Berkeley that he " entertained at Bristol in 1168 Dermot McMurrough , King of Leinster ...
... Berkeley , of which Roger de Berkeley , its previous owner , had been divested by the royal will . Sir Bernard Burke mentions of this Robert de Berkeley that he " entertained at Bristol in 1168 Dermot McMurrough , King of Leinster ...
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... Berkeley , once more was installed in the castle of his ancestors- " And Berkeley's right and Berkeley's might Did meet on Berkeley's Castle height . " This nobleman's great grandson was created Earl of Berkeley in 1679 , and the ...
... Berkeley , once more was installed in the castle of his ancestors- " And Berkeley's right and Berkeley's might Did meet on Berkeley's Castle height . " This nobleman's great grandson was created Earl of Berkeley in 1679 , and the ...
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... Berkeley , where she ruled for many years as mistress of the castle , styling herself and styled by others as " My Lady Berkeley . " The lady herself who stood in this doubtful position always asserted , on behalf of her eldest son and ...
... Berkeley , where she ruled for many years as mistress of the castle , styling herself and styled by others as " My Lady Berkeley . " The lady herself who stood in this doubtful position always asserted , on behalf of her eldest son and ...
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Página 226 - Oh blameless Bethel ! to relieve thy breast ? When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Página 247 - After a grateful commemoration of the fifty-five years of union and happiness which he enjoyed with Mabel his wife, the good earl thus speaks from the tomb: "What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
Página 26 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
Página 108 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That for a hermitage.
Página 27 - His passion still, to covet general praise, His life, to forfeit it a thousand ways; A constant bounty, which no friend has made; An angel tongue, which no man can persuade; A fool, with more of wit than half mankind, 200 Too rash for thought, for action too refined...
Página 51 - Scotland can witness be I have not any captain more Of such account as he." Like tidings to King Henry came Within as short a space, That Percy of Northumberland Was slain in Chevy-Chase: "Now God be with him...