 | 1799 - 730 Seiten
...am fare I fee a friend!" The torrent divided and (hrunk to either fide; " and as I came away," faid my mother, " I might have walked over their heads, if I had pleafed." Vol. V confifts entirely of letters. The firft is addreffed to the fcon. Henry Seymour Conway,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1818 - 134 Seiten
...and the next day all the nobility and gentry in town crowded to kiss their hands : my mother amongst the rest, who, sir Spencer Compton's designation,...might have walked over their heads, if I had pleased." The pre-occupation of the queen in favour * It was the town residence of the Sidneys, earls of Leicester,... | |
 | 1821 - 464 Seiten
...and the next day all the nobility and gentry in town crowded to kiss their hands : my mother amongst the rest, who, sir Spencer Compton's designation,...might have walked over their heads, if I had pleased." The pre-occupation of the queen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered, that... | |
 | Franklin James Didier - 1822 - 218 Seiten
...sure I see a friend' — the torrent divided and shrunk to either side, ' and, as I came away Csaid my mother,) I might have walked over their heads if I had pleased!' " * In that entertaining work, the Reverie, written by the author of the Adventures of a Guinea, there... | |
 | George Moir - 1827 - 466 Seiten
...and the next day all the nobility and gentry in town crowded to kiss their hands : my mother amongst the rest, who, Sir Spencer Compton's designation,...might have walked over their heads, if I had pleased." The pre-occnpation of the Queen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered, that... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1830 - 356 Seiten
...amongst the rest, who, sir Spencer Compton's designation, and not its evaporation, being known, conld not make her way between the scornful backs and elbows...might have walked over their heads, if I had pleased." The pre-occupation of the queen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered, that... | |
 | 462 Seiten
...queen also took another early opportunity of declaring her sentiments. Horace Walpole says: — "'Iheir Majesties had removed from Richmond to their temporary...might have walked over their heads if I had pleased.' " was maintained. Sir Robert did not sit down to table with his royal guest, but " stood behind her... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 594 Seiten
...and the next day all the nobility and gentry in town crowded to kiss their hands; my mother amongst the rest, who, Sir Spencer Compton's designation,...might have walked over their heads if I had pleased." The preoccupation of the Queen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered that,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 Seiten
...and the next day all the nobility and gentry in town crowded to kiss their hands; my mother amongst the rest, who, Sir Spencer Compton's designation,...might have walked over their heads if I had pleased." The preoccupation of the Queen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered that,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 596 Seiten
...evaporation, being known, could not make her way between the scornful backs and elbows of her late devotces, nor could approach nearer to the Queen than the third...might have walked over their heads if I had pleased." The preoccupation of the Qucen in favour of Walpole must be explained. He had early discovered that,... | |
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... the rest, who, Sir Spencer Compton's designation, and not its evaporation being known, could not make her way between the scornful backs and elbows of her late devotees, nor could approach nearer to the queen than the third or fourth row ; but no... 
