The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 4G. Berger, 1868 - Anecdotes |
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Page 126
... Lady , and when refused , saying , she did not know what to tell her disappointed friend , will long be remembered ... ladies entrusted their children , when they took an airing , to the care of servants , and were so seldom seen with ...
... Lady , and when refused , saying , she did not know what to tell her disappointed friend , will long be remembered ... ladies entrusted their children , when they took an airing , to the care of servants , and were so seldom seen with ...
Page 167
... ladies in attendance , Lady Ilchester and Lady Augusta Greville , together with the Bishop of Salisbury , General Garth , and Dr. Short ; and coming along- side the Leviathan , the yards were instantly manned , and a chair of state let ...
... ladies in attendance , Lady Ilchester and Lady Augusta Greville , together with the Bishop of Salisbury , General Garth , and Dr. Short ; and coming along- side the Leviathan , the yards were instantly manned , and a chair of state let ...
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... lady to whom he was attached , she , in order to discover which he most valued , ran to him one day with the false intelligence that his house was on fire . " I am undone , " he cried , " unless I save my Satyr and my Cupid . " The lady ...
... lady to whom he was attached , she , in order to discover which he most valued , ran to him one day with the false intelligence that his house was on fire . " I am undone , " he cried , " unless I save my Satyr and my Cupid . " The lady ...
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