Reminiscences of half a century, by an accurate observer1838 |
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... never had time to do their school business ; one of my own standing , I recollect , was employed as a valet , and his principal occupation was to clean white leather breeches for his master , and have a new smart watch - riband ready ...
... never had time to do their school business ; one of my own standing , I recollect , was employed as a valet , and his principal occupation was to clean white leather breeches for his master , and have a new smart watch - riband ready ...
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... never be forgotten ; well do I remember his courtly mien , and the little gownsman his never - failing attendant , who af- terwards succeeded to some valuable church preferment . I passed my days very happily at Oxford 6 REMINISCENCE .
... never be forgotten ; well do I remember his courtly mien , and the little gownsman his never - failing attendant , who af- terwards succeeded to some valuable church preferment . I passed my days very happily at Oxford 6 REMINISCENCE .
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... never forgive me ; " Rosamond's bower is also in the park . Nuneham and Ditchley are also pleasant excur- sions for the Oxonian . I constantly heard comparisons made when at Oxford as to the rivalry between Trinity , Cam- bridge , and ...
... never forgive me ; " Rosamond's bower is also in the park . Nuneham and Ditchley are also pleasant excur- sions for the Oxonian . I constantly heard comparisons made when at Oxford as to the rivalry between Trinity , Cam- bridge , and ...
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... never having had the opportunity of hearing Pitt or Fox speak ; the former I never saw , the latter but once when walking through St. James's Park on the way to the Foreign Office , where he was for a short time Secretary of State . I ...
... never having had the opportunity of hearing Pitt or Fox speak ; the former I never saw , the latter but once when walking through St. James's Park on the way to the Foreign Office , where he was for a short time Secretary of State . I ...
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... never remember the House of Commons fuller than on the occasion of this investigation into the conduct of the Duke of York , and to be sure of a good place , I went as early as seven in the morning of the first day , remained all that ...
... never remember the House of Commons fuller than on the occasion of this investigation into the conduct of the Duke of York , and to be sure of a good place , I went as early as seven in the morning of the first day , remained all that ...
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afterwards amongst ancient appeared arrived ascended battle battle of Marengo battle of Morat beautiful Berne boat bronze building built Buonaparte called cantons cathedral celebrated châlet chapel château church of St Clonmel dined dressed Duke Elba Emperor entered erected feet high formerly France garden grand Grindelvald handsome heard honour horse hundred immense interred Julius Cæsar King ladies lake leagues lived Lord Lucerne Lungern Madame magnificent marble Martigny Mer de Glace miles Monsieur Mont Mont Blanc monument Morat morning mountain Naples Napoleon neat never night o'clock observed painted palace Palermo Paris particularly party passed Payerne peasants Peter's Pope procured public walk Quirinal Palace remains residence returned Rhone road rock Roman Rome route ruins scenery seen side spot stands statue stone Swiss Switzerland temple thousand inhabitants toises town Turin Tyrol valley Vevey village visited wine wood
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Página 217 - But these are deeds which should not pass away, And names that must not wither, though the earth Forgets her empires with a just decay, The enslavers and the enslaved, their death and birth...
Página 66 - Vevay — visitez le pays, examinez les sites, promenez.vous sur le lac, et dites si la Nature n'a pas fait ce beau pays pour une Julie, pour une Claire, et pour un St. Preux ; mais ne les y cherchez pas.
Página 217 - And there — oh! sweet and sacred be the name! — Julia— the daughter, the devoted— gave Her youth to Heaven ; her heart, beneath a claim Nearest to Heaven's, broke o'er a father's grave.
Página 165 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Página 66 - J'allai à Vevay loger à la Clef; et pendant deux jours que j'y restai sans voir personne, je pris pour cette ville un amour qui m'a suivi dans tous mes voyages, et qui m'ya fait établir enfin les héros de mon roman.
Página 216 - Tis the last remnant of the wreck of years, And looks as with the wild-bewilder'd gaze Of one to stone converted by amaze, Yet still with consciousness ; and there it stands Making a marvel that it not decays, When the coeval pride of human hands, Levell'd Aventicum, 21 hath strew'd her subject lands.