| 1824 - 758 pages
...anything to do with books or booksellers. But this laurel belonged not to his ample wreath. THfeir own familiar friend, the man with whom they had for years taken sweet counsel, — I am half ashamed of his rashness — he blabbed it out one night to Sir Francis Burdett, who, when at Melton,... | |
| 1824 - 792 pages
...horse-flesh, and could, at the same time, be even suspected of having anything to do with books or booksellers. But this laurel belonged not to his ample...whom they had for years taken sweet counsel, — I am half ashamed of his rashness — he blabbed it out one night to Sir Francis Burdett, who, when at Melton,... | |
| Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1922 - 462 pages
...rider among them occasionally, and a perfect master in horse-flesh, and could at the same time be even suspected of having anything to do with books and...who, when at Melton, is as good a Tory as ever was spilt — and a half-dozen more of the set. This print here (in A Touch at the Fine Arts L) represents... | |
| Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1927 - 202 pages
...Tally Ho could be. Some of the Meltonians suspected a celebrated surgeon, for they knew of no other London star that was a bold and knowing rider among...whom they had for years taken sweet counsel — I am half ashamed of his rashness — he blabbed it out one night to Sir Francis Burdett, who, when at Melton,... | |
| Walter Shaw Sparrow - 1927 - 200 pages
...surgeon's reputation. At all events, he tired of his incognito, and amazed a party of Meltonians : " Their own familiar friend, the man with whom they...he blabbed it out one night to Sir Francis Burdett . . . and a half-dozen more of The Set. This Print here, in a A Touch of the Fine Arts, represents... | |
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