 ... hob-nailed shoes (for shooting,) and in place of the gay hilarity of the supper-table, wore a face of calm indifference, and ate his breakfast and read the paper in a rarely broken silence. I wondered, as I looked about me, what would be the impression...  Pencillings by the Way - Page 338by Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1835Full view - About this book
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...looked ahout me, what would be the impression of many people in my own country, could they look in upon that plain party, aware that it was composed of the proudest nohility and the highest fashion of England." We must have done with Mr. Willis's description of Gordon... | |
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