The Diary of Frances Lady Shelley, Zväzok 2C. Scribner's, 1913 |
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... called during my absence . He had , it seems , taken infinite trouble to obtain my admission . Colonel Seymour was gone to the Levée , and Mr. Bellamy dared not admit me without his permission . In these circumstances Brougham went off ...
... called during my absence . He had , it seems , taken infinite trouble to obtain my admission . Colonel Seymour was gone to the Levée , and Mr. Bellamy dared not admit me without his permission . In these circumstances Brougham went off ...
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... called for a speech from the Speaker . This appeal , however , caused the House to break up sooner than was expected - indeed within a few hours of its dissolution . I had received visits from Lord Sefton and Shelley in my soupirail ...
... called for a speech from the Speaker . This appeal , however , caused the House to break up sooner than was expected - indeed within a few hours of its dissolution . I had received visits from Lord Sefton and Shelley in my soupirail ...
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... called out to the ladies below that there was not the slightest danger ; but the pressure was so great that many of them fainted . More than sixteen hundred persons had been invited to a house which is not capable of holding more than ...
... called out to the ladies below that there was not the slightest danger ; but the pressure was so great that many of them fainted . More than sixteen hundred persons had been invited to a house which is not capable of holding more than ...
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... called upon me the next day , and we dined together at Lord Westmorland's . The Duke has now become , as I predicted he would , a perfect Englishman . He is winning the hearts of the most violent among the Opposition in Parliament , by ...
... called upon me the next day , and we dined together at Lord Westmorland's . The Duke has now become , as I predicted he would , a perfect Englishman . He is winning the hearts of the most violent among the Opposition in Parliament , by ...
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... , and was created a Peer , as Baron Harris , in 1815. He died in 1829 . * Called the Sultaun Pettah Tope . It lay in front of the camp , between it and the walls of Seringapatam . 1819 ] AT SERINGAPATAM 25 manded the troops that stormed.
... , and was created a Peer , as Baron Harris , in 1815. He died in 1829 . * Called the Sultaun Pettah Tope . It lay in front of the camp , between it and the walls of Seringapatam . 1819 ] AT SERINGAPATAM 25 manded the troops that stormed.
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admired affectionately affly afterwards agreeable Apsley House ARBUTHNOT arrived beautiful believe BELVOIR CASTLE Brougham carriage charming Colonel daughter DEAR LADY SHELLEY DEAREST Lady death delighted died dined dinner Duchess Duke of Nassau DUKE OF RUTLAND Duke of Wellington Duke of York Duke's Edgcumbe Emperor England English enjoyed feel France French garden gave give Government Greville happy hear heard honour hope horses House of Lords interest January King letter London looked Lord Wellesley lovely Maresfield married meet mind Ministers morning Naples Napoleon never o'clock opinion Palace Paris Parliament party passed Peel person political Prince Princess Queen received Reform Bill road seems sent Shelley's sincerely Sir John Burgoyne Sir John Shelley society Stratfield Saye talk tell to-day to-morrow told town walked Walter Scott week WELLINGTON to LADY whole wish write yesterday young
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Strana 41 - When the broken arches are black in night, And each shafted oriel glimmers white ; When the cold light's uncertain shower Streams on the ruined central tower ; When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory ; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee...
Strana 269 - You are aware that I have for years been sensible of the alteration produced in maritime warfare and operations by the application of steam to the propelling of ships at sea.
Strana 271 - Portsmouth, and I say that, excepting immediately under the fire of Dover Castle, there is not a spot on the coast on which infantry might not be thrown on shore at any time of tide, with any wind, and in any weather, and from which such body of infantry, so thrown on shore, would not find within the distance of five miles a road into the interior of the country, through the cliffs, practicable for the march of a body of troops.
Strana 123 - Ay, ay, sir," said old Baragat. "There she stands, the same as usual." "That makes it plain," said the captain, "that we are not yet half-way across, and I am very much afraid that I shall not be able to reach my dear daughter's house before Christmas.
Strana 269 - I have in vain endeavoured to awaken the attention of different Administrations to this state of things, as well known to our neighbours (rivals in power, at least former adversaries and enemies) as it is to ourselves.
Strana 274 - I am bordering upon seventy-seven years of age, passed in honour. " I hope that the Almighty may protect me from being the witness of the tragedy which I cannot persuade my contemporaries to take measures to avert.
Strana 42 - When buttress and buttress, alternately, Seem framed of ebon and ivory; When silver edges the imagery, And the scrolls that teach thee to live and die; When distant Tweed is heard to rave, And the owlet to hoot o'er the dead man's grave, Then go— but go alone the while — Then view St David's ruin'd pile ; And, home returning, soothly swear, Was never scene so sad and fair ! ii.
Strana 272 - I have done more. I have looked at and considered these localities in great detail, and have made up my mind upon the details of their defence. These are questions to which my mind has not been. unaccustomed. I have considered and provided for the defence, the successful defence, of the frontiers of many countries. You are the confidential head of the principal defensive part of the country.
Strana 314 - Not only that thy puissant arm could bind The tyrant of a world; and, conquering Fate, Enfranchise Europe, do I deem thee great; But that in all thy actions I do find Exact propriety: no gusts of mind Fitful and wild, but that continuous state Of ordered impulse mariners await In some benignant and enriching wind, — The breath ordained of Nature.
Strana 68 - HUNT 69 present them in Parliament. They also demanded the adoption of Major Cartwright's Bill. An assemblage of this kind was, in those days, an illegal proceeding, which amounted to an act of treason. The Manchester magistrates, in the exercise of their duty, forthwith issued a proclamation prohibiting the proposed meeting. This was bitterly resented by the demagogues, who determined to hold their meeting notwithstanding all orders to the contrary. The date of the meeting was postponed from August...