Kenna's Kingdom: a Ramble Through Kingly KensingtonDavid Bogue, 1881 - 80 páginas |
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... Letters of Lord Macaulay , " and above all to Leigh Hunt's " Old Court Suburb . " From the ast work I have borrowed less directly than from the others , but I feel that were it not for the taste for the subject which the perusal of.
... Letters of Lord Macaulay , " and above all to Leigh Hunt's " Old Court Suburb . " From the ast work I have borrowed less directly than from the others , but I feel that were it not for the taste for the subject which the perusal of.
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... less than royal , and the lord of ten thousand vassals . He resided on the spot where now stands Holland House . The dominions of another , whose name was Oriel , stretched along the banks of the Thames , and his wealth and generosity ...
... less than royal , and the lord of ten thousand vassals . He resided on the spot where now stands Holland House . The dominions of another , whose name was Oriel , stretched along the banks of the Thames , and his wealth and generosity ...
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... less onerous , nor do we hope to do more than to consider , perhaps from a somewhat different point of view , the subject which our predeces- sors have treated . When we meet big men we shall say a great deal about them , and when we ...
... less onerous , nor do we hope to do more than to consider , perhaps from a somewhat different point of view , the subject which our predeces- sors have treated . When we meet big men we shall say a great deal about them , and when we ...
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... less important houses may be disposed of more rapidly . With the Kensington of to - day we have nothing to do . It has fine buildings and illustrious men , but the buildings want the ivy of antiquity , the glamour of historical ...
... less important houses may be disposed of more rapidly . With the Kensington of to - day we have nothing to do . It has fine buildings and illustrious men , but the buildings want the ivy of antiquity , the glamour of historical ...
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... less for all our prating and scribbling . The staunchest democrat from the other side of the Atlantic feels never so proud as when he attends a royal levee . The burgomaster of Winkel- heim talks slightingly of kings and queens to his ...
... less for all our prating and scribbling . The staunchest democrat from the other side of the Atlantic feels never so proud as when he attends a royal levee . The burgomaster of Winkel- heim talks slightingly of kings and queens to his ...
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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...