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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... parties , and my grandfather was often deputed to carry their grievances before the Provisional Government of the Colony , and also to the head - quarters of the British commanders . This was a service of great danger , and his life was ...
... parties , and my grandfather was often deputed to carry their grievances before the Provisional Government of the Colony , and also to the head - quarters of the British commanders . This was a service of great danger , and his life was ...
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... party to the best advantage . The King came first , then the Queen , followed by four princesses , and they courteously delayed their passage through the hall for our gratifica- tion . Princess Elizabeth said , loud enough for us to ...
... party to the best advantage . The King came first , then the Queen , followed by four princesses , and they courteously delayed their passage through the hall for our gratifica- tion . Princess Elizabeth said , loud enough for us to ...
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... party , very late at night , when a well - dressed man , coming up be- hind her , said he had always wished to kiss a Quakeress and swore he would do it now . She said very calmly , " Wait till we get to that lamp- post , and then if ...
... party , very late at night , when a well - dressed man , coming up be- hind her , said he had always wished to kiss a Quakeress and swore he would do it now . She said very calmly , " Wait till we get to that lamp- post , and then if ...
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... party at Earlham to an old - fashioned house , in a dark court , in the city of London ; but this did not disturb the serenity of his wife's well - dis- ciplined mind . She believed that she had been led there by the dictates of that ...
... party at Earlham to an old - fashioned house , in a dark court , in the city of London ; but this did not disturb the serenity of his wife's well - dis- ciplined mind . She believed that she had been led there by the dictates of that ...
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... parties . The Welsh nobility live on large estates and in very stately mansions , and their annual visits to London prevent their being so provincial as those who seldom or never visit the metropolis . The descendants of the most ...
... parties . The Welsh nobility live on large estates and in very stately mansions , and their annual visits to London prevent their being so provincial as those who seldom or never visit the metropolis . The descendants of the most ...
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