Family Romance: Or, Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, Band 1Hurst and Blackett, 1853 |
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... became Baroness Napier in her own right . Sir William Scott was the father of a son Francis , who , on succeeding his grandmother in the Napier peerage , became fifth Lord Napier , and thought proper to abandon his paternal surname for ...
... became Baroness Napier in her own right . Sir William Scott was the father of a son Francis , who , on succeeding his grandmother in the Napier peerage , became fifth Lord Napier , and thought proper to abandon his paternal surname for ...
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... became a great English lady : for I had , even then , begun deeply to repent of the evil injustice towards you , to which I was a party . But if I was guilty , how much greater was the guilt of your real father ! About four months ...
... became a great English lady : for I had , even then , begun deeply to repent of the evil injustice towards you , to which I was a party . But if I was guilty , how much greater was the guilt of your real father ! About four months ...
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... became the possession of the nearest heirs male of the conquering knights , so that a noble colony of feudal lords came to be perpetuated , all of German descent , who inter- married exclusively with one another's families , and ...
... became the possession of the nearest heirs male of the conquering knights , so that a noble colony of feudal lords came to be perpetuated , all of German descent , who inter- married exclusively with one another's families , and ...
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... became a most unfortunate woman , and lived and died unhappy . She made many attempts to bring her case forward , unaided by husband or son , and she became the prey of a succession of sordid and unworthy advisers . She conceived ...
... became a most unfortunate woman , and lived and died unhappy . She made many attempts to bring her case forward , unaided by husband or son , and she became the prey of a succession of sordid and unworthy advisers . She conceived ...
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... became gene- rally know throughout the fleet , it created a uni- versal feeling of disgust . It was felt to be the humiliating confession of his own incompetency . And when his wish to despatch a letter to the * The words of his letter ...
... became gene- rally know throughout the fleet , it created a uni- versal feeling of disgust . It was felt to be the humiliating confession of his own incompetency . And when his wish to despatch a letter to the * The words of his letter ...
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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.