 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 450 pages
...think, and if I am wrong I do not wish to be undeceived, was the most Elysian spot in the world. 'Twas at an old lady's, a relation and godmother of mine,...and swallows. Beneath, in a modernized part of the house, resided the mistress of the mansion. The house was skirted by a few majestic elms and beeches,... | |
 | Austin Dobson - English essays - 1914 - 326 pages
...think, and if I am wrong I do not wish to be undeceived, was the most Elysian spot in the world. 'Twas at an old lady's, a relation and godmother of mine...where a particular incident occasioned my being left ouring the vacation of two successive seasons. Her house was formed out of the remains of an old Gothic... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - Benevolence - 1928 - 216 pages
...sentimental mode with real effectiveness : take this, of the " Lounger's " godmother and her home : . . . Her house was formed out of the remains of an old...the mistress of the mansion. The house was skirted with a few majestic elms and beeches, and the stumps of several 1 A writer (HAC) in Notes & Queries... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - Benevolence - 1928 - 224 pages
...sentimental mode with real effectiveness : take this, of the " Lounger's " godmother and her home : . . . Her house was formed out of the remains of an old...tenanted by kindly daws and swallows. Beneath, in a moderni2ed part of the building, resided the mistress of the mansion. The house was skirted with a... | |
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It was at an old lady's, a relation and godmother of mine, where a particular incident occasioned my being left during the vacation of two successive seasons. Her house was formed out of the remains of an old Gothic castle, of which one tower was still... 
