Reminiscences of half a century, by an accurate observer1838 |
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... to what became the family residence for the first ten happy , I may add the happiest , years of my life ; my first school was about two miles from the house , B where I went in the morning with my bottle of REMINISCENCE. ...
... to what became the family residence for the first ten happy , I may add the happiest , years of my life ; my first school was about two miles from the house , B where I went in the morning with my bottle of REMINISCENCE. ...
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... will vie with any royal residence in Europe , -worthy of the great monarch of a great country . must be confessed that the public money laid C It out here has been advantageously expended ; and though the REMINISCENCE . 25.
... will vie with any royal residence in Europe , -worthy of the great monarch of a great country . must be confessed that the public money laid C It out here has been advantageously expended ; and though the REMINISCENCE . 25.
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... residence , of George the Third and Queen Charlotte ; also , at a future time , of George the Fourth , when Prince of Wales . His amiable family are now dispersed ; but if they ever see these pages , I have no doubt they will recal many ...
... residence , of George the Third and Queen Charlotte ; also , at a future time , of George the Fourth , when Prince of Wales . His amiable family are now dispersed ; but if they ever see these pages , I have no doubt they will recal many ...
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... residence of the Haigs . Bemerside , Fleurs , the beautiful residence of the Duke of Roxburghe , Kelso , and Jedburgh , are all objects worthy of being visited . Old Melrose , with its beautiful sum- mer - house , in which I have passed ...
... residence of the Haigs . Bemerside , Fleurs , the beautiful residence of the Duke of Roxburghe , Kelso , and Jedburgh , are all objects worthy of being visited . Old Melrose , with its beautiful sum- mer - house , in which I have passed ...
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Reminiscences. In every respect , the residence is worthy of a Scottish chieftain . I have to regret that cir- cumstances would not permit me to make the extended tour in Scotland which I so much wished to make ; but the summer was ...
Reminiscences. In every respect , the residence is worthy of a Scottish chieftain . I have to regret that cir- cumstances would not permit me to make the extended tour in Scotland which I so much wished to make ; but the summer was ...
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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.