Memoirs of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans, Volume 2Carey and Hart, 1840 |
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Page 26
... fancy that real fine gentleman , who treated her with such respect , instead of that pennyless , worthless , ugly , black , ragged vagabond , Mis- ter Raggy , who was sure to beat her ! " Miss Mellon , who liked to have her little jest ...
... fancy that real fine gentleman , who treated her with such respect , instead of that pennyless , worthless , ugly , black , ragged vagabond , Mis- ter Raggy , who was sure to beat her ! " Miss Mellon , who liked to have her little jest ...
Page 84
... fancy herself the least neglected , that she was placed at the head of his dinner - parties , even after the gradual decay of her faculties had disqualified her for performing any part in social intercourse . Her loss of memory required ...
... fancy herself the least neglected , that she was placed at the head of his dinner - parties , even after the gradual decay of her faculties had disqualified her for performing any part in social intercourse . Her loss of memory required ...
Page 111
... fancy to be charmed , " and blessing you from nature ( with merely a plain education ) with the capacity of comprehending and enjoying , in a clear and supreme degree , every work of genius that comes in 66 your way . I have written ...
... fancy to be charmed , " and blessing you from nature ( with merely a plain education ) with the capacity of comprehending and enjoying , in a clear and supreme degree , every work of genius that comes in 66 your way . I have written ...
Page 182
... fancy . This she did so clearly , that many would rather hear them thus narrated than wade through the chaff that sometimes makes a cleverly - conceived article heavy , and which was always winnowed , from her spirited mode of relating ...
... fancy . This she did so clearly , that many would rather hear them thus narrated than wade through the chaff that sometimes makes a cleverly - conceived article heavy , and which was always winnowed , from her spirited mode of relating ...
Page 198
... fancy that any of you would re- main out of mere curiosity , I thought I had a perfect right to calculate on your having made up your minds to help me on with her . ' " The beautiful peeress answered— " I thank you , Sir Walter . You ...
... fancy that any of you would re- main out of mere curiosity , I thought I had a perfect right to calculate on your having made up your minds to help me on with her . ' " The beautiful peeress answered— " I thank you , Sir Walter . You ...
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acquaintance actress aforesaid Albans anecdote annuity or clear appearance attended banking business Brighton Cheltenham clear yearly sum codicil Countess of Guilford Coutts Lindsay Coutts's coverture Dame Sophia Burdett daughter death decease delighted dinner direction or appointment dividends drawing-room dress Drury Lane Drury Lane Theatre Duchess of St Dudley Coutts Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks Duke of St engaged Entwisle executors fancy favourite fortune friends gave gentleman give given grace guests Guilford Harriot Harriot Mellon hawk hereby Holly Lodge honour husband interest Kean Kemble lady late living London Lord Marjoribanks marriage married ment Miss Kelly Miss Mellon Miss Tidswell morning mother nature thereof necklace never party person or persons personal estate poor pounds present residence respectively retired sent Sir Coutts Trotter Sir Francis Burdett Stratton Street survivor theatre theatrical Thomas Coutts tion took town trust wife woman young