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... original papers which have been kindly placed at my disposal by Lord Lyttelton himself . The first of these papers is a memorandum in the handwriting of William Henry , the first Lord Lyttelton of the new creation , which is indorsed in ...
... original papers which have been kindly placed at my disposal by Lord Lyttelton himself . The first of these papers is a memorandum in the handwriting of William Henry , the first Lord Lyttelton of the new creation , which is indorsed in ...
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... original biographer , “ his arrival alarmed the English Minister so much that an express was sent from Madrid to London , under an apprehension that the Duke was received there in the character of a Minister of the English King ; upon ...
... original biographer , “ his arrival alarmed the English Minister so much that an express was sent from Madrid to London , under an apprehension that the Duke was received there in the character of a Minister of the English King ; upon ...
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... the English tongue which , if we may judge from original letters of the time , even from the pens of English peers , was very uncommon in the reign of George I. To his friend Bishop Atterbury , when in the Tower THE WITTY LORD WHARTON . 45.
... the English tongue which , if we may judge from original letters of the time , even from the pens of English peers , was very uncommon in the reign of George I. To his friend Bishop Atterbury , when in the Tower THE WITTY LORD WHARTON . 45.
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... original barony of Stafford , it may be added , was created in 1299 - thirty - five years after that of the premier baron , Lord De Ros . Henry Stafford , the Duke's son and heir , was " restored in blood " by an Act of Parliament ...
... original barony of Stafford , it may be added , was created in 1299 - thirty - five years after that of the premier baron , Lord De Ros . Henry Stafford , the Duke's son and heir , was " restored in blood " by an Act of Parliament ...
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... original in my hero , George , but simply broke out afresh , as being already " in the blood . " I may add that in the present day a West End firm of tailors , Messrs . Hanger and Sons , appear in the Museum Catalogue as the authors of ...
... original in my hero , George , but simply broke out afresh , as being already " in the blood . " I may add that in the present day a West End firm of tailors , Messrs . Hanger and Sons , appear in the Museum Catalogue as the authors of ...
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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...