The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1844 - English literature |
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Page 45
... Valençay is , that they existed . The treaty which fixed their departure to Spain , was negotiated at Valençay , and they left the place full of unspeakable gratitude at the kindness and princely generosity of its owner . " een des tain ...
... Valençay is , that they existed . The treaty which fixed their departure to Spain , was negotiated at Valençay , and they left the place full of unspeakable gratitude at the kindness and princely generosity of its owner . " een des tain ...
Page 57
... Valençay . He was , without exception , the handsomest youth I have ever seen ; and his manners and address being remarkable for a grace peculiarly his own , and his reputation for high courage and chivalrous bearing having been fully ...
... Valençay . He was , without exception , the handsomest youth I have ever seen ; and his manners and address being remarkable for a grace peculiarly his own , and his reputation for high courage and chivalrous bearing having been fully ...
Page 344
... Valençay . There was something touching and poetical in the solitary figure as he reclined back , leaning on his cane , not gazing on the landscape , but musing , ab- stracted and motionless , save that from time to time he would bend ...
... Valençay . There was something touching and poetical in the solitary figure as he reclined back , leaning on his cane , not gazing on the landscape , but musing , ab- stracted and motionless , save that from time to time he would bend ...
Page 431
... Valençay , that I cannot behold it without a certain sentiment of melancholy which I little thought it would ever have inspired . And yet in spite of all the jesting and merry sarcasm , the bon - mots and epigrams to which the first dis ...
... Valençay , that I cannot behold it without a certain sentiment of melancholy which I little thought it would ever have inspired . And yet in spite of all the jesting and merry sarcasm , the bon - mots and epigrams to which the first dis ...
Page 442
... Valençay , and her death has caused an immense vacuum in our circle . Both by birth and mar- riage allied to many of the sovereign families of Europe - with a colossal fortune with the tradition and remains of great beauty - she gave up ...
... Valençay , and her death has caused an immense vacuum in our circle . Both by birth and mar- riage allied to many of the sovereign families of Europe - with a colossal fortune with the tradition and remains of great beauty - she gave up ...
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