Kenna's Kingdom: a Ramble Through Kingly KensingtonDavid Bogue, 1881 - 80 páginas |
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... execution -Sir John Chardin , the Oriental traveller- William Penn the Quaker - Addison the Poet -His death at Holland House . . 159-174 · 175-193 194-206 207--225 CHAPTER XII . HOLLAND HOUSE ( continued . ) The CONTENTS . ix.
... execution -Sir John Chardin , the Oriental traveller- William Penn the Quaker - Addison the Poet -His death at Holland House . . 159-174 · 175-193 194-206 207--225 CHAPTER XII . HOLLAND HOUSE ( continued . ) The CONTENTS . ix.
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... Addison , and laugh over Sidney Smith's jokes , make moral reflections on extravagance and its results when we speak of Gore House , join heartily with Macaulay in entertaining his little nieces and nephews at Holly Lodge , sympathise ...
... Addison , and laugh over Sidney Smith's jokes , make moral reflections on extravagance and its results when we speak of Gore House , join heartily with Macaulay in entertaining his little nieces and nephews at Holly Lodge , sympathise ...
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... Addison , and the Foxes at Holland House ; the Duchess of Ports- mouth at Kensington House ; a host of celebrities , clerical , poetical , and social in the Square , where lodgings were almost unobtainable ; the pathetic history of the ...
... Addison , and the Foxes at Holland House ; the Duchess of Ports- mouth at Kensington House ; a host of celebrities , clerical , poetical , and social in the Square , where lodgings were almost unobtainable ; the pathetic history of the ...
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... Banqueting House , as far as the Bayswater Road . " This , " says Addison , " was at first nothing but a gravel pit " ( being in fact the site of Oberon's capital in Tickell's poem ) . The unsightly hollow was 114 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
... Banqueting House , as far as the Bayswater Road . " This , " says Addison , " was at first nothing but a gravel pit " ( being in fact the site of Oberon's capital in Tickell's poem ) . The unsightly hollow was 114 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
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... Addison , Steel , and Vanbrugh , all might be seen sauntering along the walks . Later on , their places were taken by ladies equally as fair , and cavaliers as renowned . The beauti- ful Miss Gunnings ( you may see several portraits of ...
... Addison , Steel , and Vanbrugh , all might be seen sauntering along the walks . Later on , their places were taken by ladies equally as fair , and cavaliers as renowned . The beauti- ful Miss Gunnings ( you may see several portraits of ...
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Página 89 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, Parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and Pride that licks the dust.
Página 98 - The road between this place (Kensington) and London is grown so infamously bad, that we live here in the same solitude as we should do if cast on a rock in the middle of the ocean, and all the Londoners tell us there is between them and us a great impassable gulf of mud.
Página 90 - ... for the day of the week, and a watch for the hour of the day, you may inform yourself fully, without any other intelligence but your memory, of every transaction within the verge of the Court. Walking, chaises, levées, and audiences fill the morning.
Página 232 - IMPROMPTU, Suggested by a View, in 1766, of the Scat and Ruins of a Deceased Nobleman, at Kingsgate, Kent. Old, and abandon'd by each venal friend, Here H dt form'd the pious resolution To smuggle a few years, and strive to mend A broken character and constitution.
Página 27 - BONAPARTE. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION, completed by the insertion of above One Hundred Birds omitted in the original Work, and Illustrated by valuable Notes, and Life of the Author, by Sir WILLIAM JARDINE.
Página 268 - ... who found himself for the first time among Ambassadors and Earls. They will remember that constant flow of conversation, so natural, so animated, so various, so rich with observation and anecdote ; that wit which never gave a wound ; that exquisite mimicry which ennobled, instead of degrading; that goodness of heart which appeared in every look and accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement.
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Página 97 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Página 16 - Flagellate, Ciliate, and Tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and Foreign, and an account of the Organization and Affinities of the Sponges.
Página 268 - The time is coming when perhaps a few old men, the last survivors of our generation, will in vain seek, amidst new streets, and squares, and railway stations, for the site of that dwelling...