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... asking me whether I would undertake to write the life of Lord John Russell . In doing so you were good enough to promise that all private as well as public papers , letters , diaries , would be at [ my ] disposal . ' disposal . ' You ...
... asking me whether I would undertake to write the life of Lord John Russell . In doing so you were good enough to promise that all private as well as public papers , letters , diaries , would be at [ my ] disposal . ' disposal . ' You ...
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... asked who it was that hissed . Tavistock said it was him , and he flogged him . London , Thursday , October 27. - I came home again to - day , as to - morrow is a whole holiday . I went to Covent Garden to see ' The Gamester ' and ' The ...
... asked who it was that hissed . Tavistock said it was him , and he flogged him . London , Thursday , October 27. - I came home again to - day , as to - morrow is a whole holiday . I went to Covent Garden to see ' The Gamester ' and ' The ...
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... killed in a duel - ' not an unlikely end for him ' -so wrote Lord Tavistock in March 1835 : a sentence which probably illustrates his character at school . le 2 + When the same boys asked me whether 1792-1807 9 . EARLY YEARS.
... killed in a duel - ' not an unlikely end for him ' -so wrote Lord Tavistock in March 1835 : a sentence which probably illustrates his character at school . le 2 + When the same boys asked me whether 1792-1807 9 . EARLY YEARS.
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Sir Spencer Walpole. le 2 + When the same boys asked me whether I had given him the order . I said ' Yes , ' they rejoined , ' Did you swear at him ? ' I said ' No. ' ' Then go and swear at him . ' For a little boy this was not a very ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. le 2 + When the same boys asked me whether I had given him the order . I said ' Yes , ' they rejoined , ' Did you swear at him ? ' I said ' No. ' ' Then go and swear at him . ' For a little boy this was not a very ...
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... asked Lord A. if he should assist him to some beef . We got into town about six o'clock . I had a cup of tea with Lord A. at his lodgings in St. James's Street , and then came to Stable Yard [ his father's house which the Duke had lent ...
... asked Lord A. if he should assist him to some beef . We got into town about six o'clock . I had a cup of tea with Lord A. at his lodgings in St. James's Street , and then came to Stable Yard [ his father's house which the Duke had lent ...
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Page viii - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.