Random ReminiscencesE. Arnold, 1902 - 305 pàgines |
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... brought into contact with many celebrated people , friends of my father and mother - Carlyle , Tennyson , Thackeray , Dickens , and others I have , unfortunately , no interesting personal reminiscences of them . This may be partly due ...
... brought into contact with many celebrated people , friends of my father and mother - Carlyle , Tennyson , Thackeray , Dickens , and others I have , unfortunately , no interesting personal reminiscences of them . This may be partly due ...
Pàgina 4
... brought him when quite a young man to present him to her family . My grandfather , Sir Charles Elton , who had fought in the trenches under the Duke of York , was a courtly old gentleman with a vast expanse of bald head , which sloped ...
... brought him when quite a young man to present him to her family . My grandfather , Sir Charles Elton , who had fought in the trenches under the Duke of York , was a courtly old gentleman with a vast expanse of bald head , which sloped ...
Pàgina 8
... brought Thackeray home for dinner , and introduced him to my mother . She was rather overwhelmed by the knowledge that there was nothing in the house but a cold shoulder of mutton . It was too late to contrive anything more elaborate ...
... brought Thackeray home for dinner , and introduced him to my mother . She was rather overwhelmed by the knowledge that there was nothing in the house but a cold shoulder of mutton . It was too late to contrive anything more elaborate ...
Pàgina 12
... brought me to the test , miscalculating the height , I bumped my head violently against the arch , for which I got no pity , only a laugh . " Somebody , " said Lord Houghton , " has left you a legacy . " Lord Overstone , my father told ...
... brought me to the test , miscalculating the height , I bumped my head violently against the arch , for which I got no pity , only a laugh . " Somebody , " said Lord Houghton , " has left you a legacy . " Lord Overstone , my father told ...
Pàgina 16
... consisted in swishing the male- factor over the back of his fist in the presence of the whole school ) , the senior who brought the rods WESTMINSTER AND ETON 17 to the Headmaster never sullied his 16 RANDOM REMINISCENCES.
... consisted in swishing the male- factor over the back of his fist in the presence of the whole school ) , the senior who brought the rods WESTMINSTER AND ETON 17 to the Headmaster never sullied his 16 RANDOM REMINISCENCES.
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Pàgina 224 - Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument About it and about : but evermore Came out by the same door where in I went...
Pàgina 9 - Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor,
Pàgina 14 - Thornton. A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. By Colonel T. THORNTON, of Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire. With the Original Illustrations by GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by GE LODGE. 'Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new edition issued by Mr. Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton's Sporting Tour," which has long been a scarce book.
Pàgina 7 - Limited to 350 copies, of which 200 are for the use of the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, leaving 150 for sale.
Pàgina 225 - With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow ; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd — " I came like Water, and like Wind I go.
Pàgina 23 - SYMBOLIC EDUCATION : A COMMENTARY ON FROEBEL'S "MOTHER PLAY.
Pàgina 266 - WE therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, (when the sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come...
Pàgina 5 - After dinner," relates the random recollector, " the poet insisted upon putting his feet on the table, tilting back his chair more Americano. There were strangers in the room, and he was expostulated with for his uncouthness, but in vain. ' Do put down your feet!' pleaded his host. ' Why should I?' retorted Tennyson. 'I'm very comfortable as I am.' 'Every one's staring at you,' said another. 'Let 'em stare,' replied the poet, placidly. 'Alfred,' said my father, 'people will think you're Longfellow.
Pàgina 196 - I'll have his blood, his blood, his blood! (Raving) Death and vengeance, am I become his sport? He's pleased, and smiles to see me rage the more! But he shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman!
Pàgina 81 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.