Recollections of Seventy YearsTicknor and Fields, 1866 - Broj stranica: 331 Primarily anecdotes of famous people, including about 20 women ; two chapters discuss marriage. |
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... leave the town . All those who could afford it went off to Calais and put up at Dessein's famous hotel . They rushed off in such haste as to be very ill provided with clothes , and some days after that , when my mother and her children ...
... leave the town . All those who could afford it went off to Calais and put up at Dessein's famous hotel . They rushed off in such haste as to be very ill provided with clothes , and some days after that , when my mother and her children ...
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... leave her house directly , and added , " If they do not move at once , I will come up to them . " One would suppose that armed men would laugh at such a vain threat , but so far from it , they obeyed at once . To get out of the house ...
... leave her house directly , and added , " If they do not move at once , I will come up to them . " One would suppose that armed men would laugh at such a vain threat , but so far from it , they obeyed at once . To get out of the house ...
Stranica 20
... leave France ; then he em- barked with his whole family and all his valu- ables on board one of his own vessels , and sailed for America . He was aware that a number of persons had secreted themselves on board his ship , in order to ...
... leave France ; then he em- barked with his whole family and all his valu- ables on board one of his own vessels , and sailed for America . He was aware that a number of persons had secreted themselves on board his ship , in order to ...
Stranica 27
... leave to admit his Quaker friends to the hall of en- trance , and an order was despatched to the guards on duty there to admit us . The com- manding officer was very civil and placed us so as to see the royal party to the best advantage ...
... leave to admit his Quaker friends to the hall of en- trance , and an order was despatched to the guards on duty there to admit us . The com- manding officer was very civil and placed us so as to see the royal party to the best advantage ...
Stranica 28
... leave of his dying mistress . George III . was a stout , thick - set man , with a short neck and a red face . He wore a brown wig and a long frock - coat , and without the star on his breast he would have passed for a country squire ...
... leave of his dying mistress . George III . was a stout , thick - set man , with a short neck and a red face . He wore a brown wig and a long frock - coat , and without the star on his breast he would have passed for a country squire ...
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50 cents Abbé Grégoire acquaintance admired agreeable amused appearance asked attention beautiful became Blue and gold brother called Caraboo carriage carried CHAPTER Charlotte charming court Crabbe daugh daughter Delia Bacon delighted dinner door dress Dunkirk Edition England English fashionable father fear feel Fishguard French friends gave gentleman George III girl guests handsome happy hear heard Henry Brown Hayes honor husband Illustrated interest Joanna Baillie knew Lady Hamilton land letter lived London look Lord Lord Nelson lover Madame Madame de Genlis married ment Milford Miss H mistress morning mother never night obliged Paper person picture Poems Poetical poor Portrait Prince Princess Princess Caraboo Quaker Queen received Robespierre royal sent sister Somerville soon South Wales talk thought tion told took town Wales walk widow wife wished woman Worrell
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Stranica 124 - ... remarkable people, and often spoke from her personal knowledge of them. Her memory, too, was stored with valuable information, and her manner of narrating was so animated, that it was difficult to realize her age. In telling an anecdote of Mirabeau, she stepped out before us, and extending her arm. spoke a sentence of his in the impassioned manner of a French orator, and did it so admirably that it was quite thrilling.