Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" Street * * * * was called in the morning, and was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, for I have frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot... "
History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles ... - Page 66
by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1838
Full view - About this book

Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 103

England - 1868 - 800 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...speaking, and with his eyes fixed for an hour together." It was in the silence that his heart burned. When Parliament met again, and Walpole had the daily struggle...
Full view - About this book

Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, to Sir Horace Mann ..., Volume 1

Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1833 - 436 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended, nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up, will...
Full view - About this book

Letters ... to sir Horace Mann, ed. by lord Dover, Volume 1

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended, nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up, will...
Full view - About this book

History of England: From the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Aix ..., Volume 2

Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1841 - 464 pages
...was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow " now never dozes above an hour without waking ; and he, who at '' dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is " the Sir Robert you knew (4) !" Yet in public life his energy and courage were wholly unabated, and he thought only of schemes...
Full view - About this book

The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford: Including Numerous Letters ...

Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 594 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended ; nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up,...
Full view - About this book

The Letters of Horace Walpole: 1735-1748

Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1842 - 592 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended ; nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up,...
Full view - About this book

Memoirs of the Court of England: From the Revolution in 1688 to ..., Volume 3

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1843 - 488 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together : judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew." Again Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Man, 29th May, 1744, " My father has been extremely ill from...
Full view - About this book

England Under the House of Hanover: Its History and Condition ..., Volume 1

Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 524 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this...
Full view - About this book

England Under the House of Hanover: Its History and Condition ..., Volume 1

Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 488 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this...
Full view - About this book

England Under the House of Hanover: Its History and Condition ..., Volume 1

Thomas Wright - Caricature - 1848 - 488 pages
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF