| 1842 - 528 σελίδες
...who have left to posterity things so written as it shall not willingly let them die — were there mixed with all that was loveliest and gayest in the...most splendid of capitals. They will remember the singular character which belonged to that circle, in which every talent and accomplishment, every art... | |
| 1867 - 818 σελίδες
...the men who guided the politics of Europe, and moved great assemblies by reason and eloquence, were mixed with all that was loveliest and gayest in the society of the most splendid of capitals," it has been a pet ambition of the female bosom to preside over a similar institution. Holland House... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1895 - 896 σελίδες
...guest. The historian says that those who knew it then — " Will remember the peculiar character that belonged to that circle, in which every talent and accomplishment, every art and science bad its place. They will remember how the last debate was discussed in one corner, and the last comedy... | |
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