Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston: Shropshire, Formerly M. P. for Shrewsbury, High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth and Major of the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry; with Notices of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant ExploitsD. Appleton & Company, 1903 - 206 strán (strany) |
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... present to my mind whose equal , as a private English gentleman , the world never before saw , neither is it , for some reasons , desirable the world should ever again see . My only fear is , that I may be deficient in strength of ...
... present to my mind whose equal , as a private English gentleman , the world never before saw , neither is it , for some reasons , desirable the world should ever again see . My only fear is , that I may be deficient in strength of ...
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... present Earl of Bradford ; and it is in 1549 that we first find it seated at Halston , when Sir Robert Townsend is stated to have rented Mr. Mytton's large mansion at Cotow , he - Mr . Mytton - having removed to his more recent purchase ...
... present Earl of Bradford ; and it is in 1549 that we first find it seated at Halston , when Sir Robert Townsend is stated to have rented Mr. Mytton's large mansion at Cotow , he - Mr . Mytton - having removed to his more recent purchase ...
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... present Sir Tyrwhitt Jones , Bart . The bridegroom was attended by the Earl of Uxbridge , the Earl of Denbigh , Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart . , Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison , & c . & c . After the ceremony they returned to the house ...
... present Sir Tyrwhitt Jones , Bart . The bridegroom was attended by the Earl of Uxbridge , the Earl of Denbigh , Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , Bart . , Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison , & c . & c . After the ceremony they returned to the house ...
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... present Bishop of Norwich . Mytton had a great respect for this amiable sister , but would never take her advice , nor indeed that of any living soul . nature Both in person , and in mind , the gifts of were amply bestowed upon the late ...
... present Bishop of Norwich . Mytton had a great respect for this amiable sister , but would never take her advice , nor indeed that of any living soul . nature Both in person , and in mind , the gifts of were amply bestowed upon the late ...
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... present , was brother to the youth I alluded to . " You are speaking of a brother of mine , " said the General . " Volat irrevocabile verbum ; " I had nothing left but to apologize . into the drawing - room with him , for the 18 LIFE OF ...
... present , was brother to the youth I alluded to . " You are speaking of a brother of mine , " said the General . " Volat irrevocabile verbum ; " I had nothing left but to apologize . into the drawing - room with him , for the 18 LIFE OF ...
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton: Esq. of Halston, Shropshire ... Nimrod Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1910 |
Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq., of Halston, Shropshire ... Nimrod Zobrazenie úryvkov - 1835 |
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Strana 122 - cui sic extorta voluptas et demptus per vim mentis gratissimus error».
Strana 156 - Who would be doom'd to gaze upon A sky without a cloud or sun ? Less hideous far the tempest's roar Than ne'er to brave the billows more — Thrown, when the war of winds is o'er, A lonely wreck on fortune's shore, 'Mid sullen calm, and silent bay, Unseen to drop by dull decay ; — Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock...
Strana 98 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Strana 169 - There is a lust in man no charm can tame, Of loudly publishing his neighbour's shame." Hence ; " On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, While virtuous actions are but born and die.
Strana 137 - A man whom he had never seen before was employed one night to sit up with him. Being asked next morning how he liked his attendant, his answer was, " Not at all, sir : the fellow's an ideot ; he is as awkward as a turn-spit when first put into the wheel, and as sleepy as a dormouse.
Strana 31 - God has made them far happier than they could be here, and that we shall join them soon again. This is solid comfort, could we but avail ourselves of it ; but I confess the difficulty of doing so.
Strana 122 - ... wealth and distinction. She was led into society, and they tried by all kinds of occupation and amusement to dissipate her grief, and wean her from the tragical story of her loves.
Strana 111 - Even its praises must offend thee, Founded on another's woe: Though my many faults defaced me, Could no other arm be found, Than the one which once embraced me, To inflict a cureless wound?
Strana 56 - There were two principles in his natural temper, that being heightened by that heat, carried him to great excesses : a violent love of pleasure, and a disposition to extravagant mirth. The one involved him in great sensuality ; the other led him to many odd adventures and frolics, in which he was oft in hazard of his life...
Strana 121 - But there was a worse sight than this : there was a mind, as well as a body, in ruins ; the one had partaken of the injury done to the other, and it was at once apparent that all was a wreck. In fact, he was a melancholy spectacle of a fallen man — of one over whom all the storms of life seemed to be engendered in one dark cloud.