 ... up the dignity of the great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and was nearly pulled down, and all its old ornaments stripped and carried away to the owner's other house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward...  Selections from His Essays, Letters and Verses - Page 34by Charles Lamb - 1901 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1835 - 356 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the abbey, and stick them...all the poor, and some of the gentry, too, of the neighborhood, for many miles round, to show their respect for her memory, because she had been such... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry guilt drawingroom. Here John smiled, as much as to say, " that would be foolish indeed." And then I... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry guilt drawingroom. Here John smiled, as much as to say, " that would be foolish indeed." And then I... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry guilt drawing room. Here John smiled, as much as to say, " That would be foolish indeed." And then... | |
 | Ethan Allen Andrews - 1844 - 356 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the abbey, and stick them...all the poor, and some of the gentry, too, of the neighborhood, for many miles round, to show their respect for her memory, because she had been such... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the abbey, and stick them...say, ' that would be foolish indeed.' And then I told ho\v, when she carne to die, her funeral was attended by a concourse of all the poor, and some of the... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 396 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them...all the poor, and some of the gentry, too, of the neighborhood, for many miles round, to show their respect for her memory, because she had been such... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1851 - 396 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them...all the poor, and some of the gentry, too, of the neighborhood, for many miles round, to show their respect for her memory, because she had been such... | |
 | 1853 - 346 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the abbey, and stick them...all the poor, and some of the gentry, too, of the neighborhood, for many miles round, to show their respect for her memory, because she had been such... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 pages
...house, where they were set up, and looked as awkward as if some one were to carry away the old tombs they had seen lately at the Abbey, and stick them up in Lady C.'s tawdry guilt drawing room Here John smiled, as much as to say, " That would be foolish indeed." And then I... | |
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