Family Romance: Or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, Band 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... Knox , Esq . , of Prehen , Mem- ber of Parliament for Donegal , who , as he had known Macnaghton from infancy , must , one would imagine , have been well acquainted with his vices , and aware of what such a man would be capable ...
... Knox , Esq . , of Prehen , Mem- ber of Parliament for Donegal , who , as he had known Macnaghton from infancy , must , one would imagine , have been well acquainted with his vices , and aware of what such a man would be capable ...
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... Knox . True it was that every consideration of honour and gratitude forbade such scheme ; the generous and unsuspecting confidence of the father ought unquestionably to have exempted him , if no one else , from an attempt to inveigle ...
... Knox . True it was that every consideration of honour and gratitude forbade such scheme ; the generous and unsuspecting confidence of the father ought unquestionably to have exempted him , if no one else , from an attempt to inveigle ...
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... Knox for permission to pay his addresses to his daughter , well knowing beforehand that he would be refused , and mean- ing to make the greatest advantage of such rejec- tion . In pursuance of this plan , he sought a private interview ...
... Knox for permission to pay his addresses to his daughter , well knowing beforehand that he would be refused , and mean- ing to make the greatest advantage of such rejec- tion . In pursuance of this plan , he sought a private interview ...
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... Knox into a false security , he opened his batteries against the daughter . This he began , by taking every opportunity of talking of his hope , nay certainty , that his affairs would speedily be retrieved ; not that he thought to ...
... Knox into a false security , he opened his batteries against the daughter . This he began , by taking every opportunity of talking of his hope , nay certainty , that his affairs would speedily be retrieved ; not that he thought to ...
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... Knox if it should ever transpire that he had re- vealed what was granted under a solemn pledge of secrecy . " The young lady , flattered , as he had expected , by this confidence , and already most favourably in- clined towards him ...
... Knox if it should ever transpire that he had re- vealed what was granted under a solemn pledge of secrecy . " The young lady , flattered , as he had expected , by this confidence , and already most favourably in- clined towards him ...
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acquaintance afterwards Allanton amongst ancient anecdotes appearance Baroness d'Oberkirch Bath beautiful became bound brother Brummel called castle character Charles Chiappini Claverhouse coach Corbet crown daughter death Derry descended died distinguished Donnington Castle Duchess Duke Duke of Hamilton Duke of Orleans Dundas Earl of Crawford Earldom of Crawford Edward Wortley Montague England fashion father fortune France gentleman George guineas Hamilton hand honour hope interesting Ireland James John Kilsyth King Lady Mary Lady Newborough letter Lindsay living Lord Hopetoun Louis Macnaghton Maria Stella marriage married matter Miss Knox Montague narrative Nash Newbury night noble Paris party passed possessed post 8vo present Prince reign replied returned Roch Royal Sam Slick seemed Sherbroke singular Sir Robert soon spirit story strange tale Thirlestane thought tion told town volumes wife William Winchcombe wounded Wynyard young
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Seite 315 - This biography cannot fail to attract the deep attention of the public. We are bound to say, that as a political biography we have rarely, if ever, met with a book more dexterously handled, or more replete with interest. The history of the famous session of...
Seite 150 - I have heard,' says Sir John Sherbroke, ' of a man's being as pale as death, but I never saw a living face assume the appearance of a corpse except Wynyard's at that moment.
Seite 166 - Third), told me that he believed the young Pretender was at that time in London, or at least had been so very lately, and had come over to see the show of the coronation, and had actually seen it. I asked my lord the reason for this strange fact. 'Why...
Seite 234 - I would have law merchant for them too; and in all cases of slander currency, whenever the drawer of the lie was not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.