... When he talked to me, as a philosopher, of his contempt of the world, I asked him what he meant by getting so many new titles, which I called the hanging himself about with bells and tinsel. He had no other excuse for it, but this, that, since the... The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire - Seite 30 von Joseph Tilley (of Derby, Eng.) - 1892 Vollansicht -
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