Kenna's Kingdom: a Ramble Through Kingly KensingtonDavid Bogue, 1881 - 80 páginas |
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... persons , and things , as our rambles will present , will account for a difference and variety in our thoughts and style . We may weep over the death of Addison , and laugh over Sidney Smith's jokes , make moral reflections on ...
... persons , and things , as our rambles will present , will account for a difference and variety in our thoughts and style . We may weep over the death of Addison , and laugh over Sidney Smith's jokes , make moral reflections on ...
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... from the Dutch Veer , a dam . There are persons in England now of the name of Weir , who claim de- scent from the Earl of Oxford , so the name may have only returned to its original signification again , after all 20 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
... from the Dutch Veer , a dam . There are persons in England now of the name of Weir , who claim de- scent from the Earl of Oxford , so the name may have only returned to its original signification again , after all 20 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
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... person duller than her Majesty , that person was her Majesty's consort , Prince George of Denmark . " In gluttony , he was fully equal to his wife 56 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
... person duller than her Majesty , that person was her Majesty's consort , Prince George of Denmark . " In gluttony , he was fully equal to his wife 56 KENNA'S KINGDOM .
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... person to hand her her clothes and another to put them on - a page , a lady of the bedchamber , and an attendant to help her wash her hands , while it took the same number of persons to hand her her wine glass at the dinner- table ...
... person to hand her her clothes and another to put them on - a page , a lady of the bedchamber , and an attendant to help her wash her hands , while it took the same number of persons to hand her her wine glass at the dinner- table ...
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... players that she could scarcely put her hand in her pocket , and yet so absorbed would she be in the chances of the game that she would scarcely notice the indignity . Anne was just the sort of person to fall under KENSINGTON PALACE . 61.
... players that she could scarcely put her hand in her pocket , and yet so absorbed would she be in the chances of the game that she would scarcely notice the indignity . Anne was just the sort of person to fall under KENSINGTON PALACE . 61.
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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...