Kenna's Kingdom: a Ramble Through Kingly KensingtonDavid Bogue, 1881 - 80 páginas |
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... poor mortals can neither imagine nor describe . Their stolen interviews took place at noontide , the midnight of the fairy kingdom , when the " huge , wretched sons of earth " alone are stirring . At this hour the lovers sat one day ...
... poor mortals can neither imagine nor describe . Their stolen interviews took place at noontide , the midnight of the fairy kingdom , when the " huge , wretched sons of earth " alone are stirring . At this hour the lovers sat one day ...
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... early edition of clairvoyants ? Fourpence was given for a truss of straw for a poor soldier , and six- pence was expended on an almanack and tape . The high road between London and Kensington seems to have been A PRELIMINARY SAUNTER . 23.
... early edition of clairvoyants ? Fourpence was given for a truss of straw for a poor soldier , and six- pence was expended on an almanack and tape . The high road between London and Kensington seems to have been A PRELIMINARY SAUNTER . 23.
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... Poor walls , how the trundle of the gardener's barrow must jar on their feelings ! with what scorn must they , who remember the sword , cocked hats , and ruffles of Queen Anne's reign , gaze on the walking sticks , chimney - pot hats ...
... Poor walls , how the trundle of the gardener's barrow must jar on their feelings ! with what scorn must they , who remember the sword , cocked hats , and ruffles of Queen Anne's reign , gaze on the walking sticks , chimney - pot hats ...
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... poor unfortunate faithful Morley ; " Prince George was Mr. Morley , and the Duke , Mr. Freeman . On many points Mr. and Mrs. Freeman disagreed , on one at least they were perfectly at accord , the Queen was made for their benefit . She ...
... poor unfortunate faithful Morley ; " Prince George was Mr. Morley , and the Duke , Mr. Freeman . On many points Mr. and Mrs. Freeman disagreed , on one at least they were perfectly at accord , the Queen was made for their benefit . She ...
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... poor relation , a decayed City mer- chant . The Duchess made her a bed - chamber woman to the Queen as an inexpensive means of providing for her . Abigail , who by her marriage with one of the Prince's gentlemen , afterwards became Mrs ...
... poor relation , a decayed City mer- chant . The Duchess made her a bed - chamber woman to the Queen as an inexpensive means of providing for her . Abigail , who by her marriage with one of the Prince's gentlemen , afterwards became Mrs ...
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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...