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... by a little child as the herald of her own death , which happened three weeks afterwards . George I. flew in at her To this he adds a touching unreal , from the other world was conveyed to him 6 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
... by a little child as the herald of her own death , which happened three weeks afterwards . George I. flew in at her To this he adds a touching unreal , from the other world was conveyed to him 6 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES .
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... death was occasioned by any sudden shock to his nervous system , or whether it was the result of a sudden apoplectic or other seizure , must remain a matter of uncertainty and conjecture to the end of time . Sir Nathaniel Wraxall adds a ...
... death was occasioned by any sudden shock to his nervous system , or whether it was the result of a sudden apoplectic or other seizure , must remain a matter of uncertainty and conjecture to the end of time . Sir Nathaniel Wraxall adds a ...
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... death , as here recorded , not only de- prived the existing Ministers of a former supporter , but caused the extinction of the peerage , as he was his father's only son , and his own marriage had brought him no issue . The family ...
... death , as here recorded , not only de- prived the existing Ministers of a former supporter , but caused the extinction of the peerage , as he was his father's only son , and his own marriage had brought him no issue . The family ...
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... Death of Thomas Lord Lyttelton . " " On Thursday , the 25th of November , 1779 , Thomas Lord Lyttelton , when he came to break- fast , declared to Mrs. Flood , wife of Frederick Flood , Esq . , of the kingdom of Ireland , and to the ...
... Death of Thomas Lord Lyttelton . " " On Thursday , the 25th of November , 1779 , Thomas Lord Lyttelton , when he came to break- fast , declared to Mrs. Flood , wife of Frederick Flood , Esq . , of the kingdom of Ireland , and to the ...
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... death was owing . His declaration of his dream , and his expressions above - mentioned consequent there- unto , were upon a close inquiry asserted to me to have been so by Mrs. Flood , the eldest Miss Amphlett , Captain Wolseley , and ...
... death was owing . His declaration of his dream , and his expressions above - mentioned consequent there- unto , were upon a close inquiry asserted to me to have been so by Mrs. Flood , the eldest Miss Amphlett , Captain Wolseley , 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...