Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville, 1810-1845, Svazek 1Longmans, Green, 1894 |
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Letters of Harriet, Countess Granville: 1810-1845 (1894) Edward F. Leveson-Gower Náhled není k dispozici. - 2008 |
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Strana 41 - Gramrille, vol. i. pp. 40, 41), "have been unpacked about a couple ' of hours. My aunt looks stout and well, but poor Caroline most ' terribly the contrary. She is worn to the bone, as pale as death ' and her eyes starting out of her head. She seems indeed in a 'sad way, alternately in tearing spirits and in tears. I hate her ' character, her feelings, and herself when I am away from her, but ' she interests me when I am with her, and to see her poor careworn ' face is dismal, in spite of reason...
Strana 217 - ... by the way, have got a diarrhoea in consequence of indulging in this meridian luxury of " or passion. Parts of it are magnificent, and the effect of Granville " reading it out loud to me was that I roared till I could neither "hear nor see.
Strana 90 - and followed the page through the dark and winding passages and staircases. I was received with rapturous joy, embraces and tremendous spirits. I expected she would put on an appearance of something, but to do her justice she only displayed a total want of shame and consummate impudence, which whatever they may be in themselves are at least better or rather less disgusting than pretending or acting a more interesting part. I was dragged to the unresisting William and dismissed with a repetition of...
Strana 269 - Though the idea of going to the relief of a fortress blockaded by sea and besieged by land, in a full suit of light horseman's equipments, was, perhaps, not strictly consonant to modern military operations...
Strana vi - ... itself; and he will find that what is left will have lost more than half its charms. We are convinced that some writers have diminished the effect of their works by being scrupulous to admit nothing into them which had not some absolute, intrinsic, and independent merit.
Strana 74 - I have no doubt but that she will to a certain extent succeed, as no dose of flattery is too strong for him to swallow or her to administer. Poor William hides in one small room, while she assembles lovers and tradespeople in another. He looks worn to the bone. She arrived dying by her own account, having had French apothecaries at most of the towns through which she passed. She sent here immediately for a doctor, but by mistake they went for the Duke of Wellington.
Strana 220 - January 30, 1822. Wherstead is winding up with frightful rapidity, and I do not know what I should do if I did not see Park Street at the end of it. What an adorable woman Lady Morley is ! Never did any one person unite so much, pretend to so little, so bright, all the comfort of solidity and all the ease of tigbrete.
Strana 184 - with accompaniment and a full band, Sir "William and Keppel Craven — God help their souls — giving the most entire and cordial testimony in her favour, confuting much of the previous evidence against her. I dined at Cleveland House, Lord Stafford, like the noble Leonatus, outre, bursting with rage, for there is nothing else for it. The Archbishop sat on the other side of me. He looks upon the thing as over, and says it is better the Bill should be thrown out, with the moral conviction in the...
Strana vii - I left you, and when I think of the happiness of seeing your dear smile, of hearing your beloved voice, I am almost mad with joy. I am sure you alone could inspire what I feel for you...
Strana 433 - Margaret is still on her couch. He pays her the greatest attentions, and left many an anxious sufferer after dinner yesterday to go and sit two hours with her, and the sufferers waited for his return with the most patient devotion. He really is charming in society, gay, sociable, flirting, whist-playing, general, particular, monte sur tous les tons! but when he cuts in at whist there is an universal gloom.