Excerpt: ...very like her father, with eyes full of fire, and great expression in all her features. She and I had a great deal of talk. She showed much cleverness and information, but, I thought, a little more of political animosity than is quite becoming in a pretty woman. However, she has been placed in peculiar circumstances. The daughter of a statesman who was a martyr to the rage of faction may be pardoned for speaking sharply of the enemies of her parent; and she did speak sharply. With knitted brows, and flashing ...
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Excerpt: ...very like her father, with eyes full of fire, and great expression in all her features. She and I had a great deal of talk. She showed much cleverness and information, but, I thought, a little more of political animosity than is quite becoming in a pretty woman. However, she has been placed in peculiar circumstances. The daughter of a statesman who was a martyr to the rage of faction may be pardoned for speaking sharply of the enemies of her parent; and she did speak sharply. With knitted brows, and flashing eyes, and a look of feminine vengeance about her beautiful mouth, she gave me such a character of Peel as he would certainly have had no pleasure in hearing. In the evening Lord John Russell came; and, soon after, old Talleyrand. I had seen Talleyrand in very large parties, hut had never been near enough to hear a word that he said. I now had the pleasure of listening for an hour and a half to his conversation. He is certainly the greatest curiosity that I ever fell in with. His head is sunk down between two high shoulders. One of his feet is hideously distorted. His face is as pale as that of a corpse, and wrinkled to a frightful degree. His eyes have an odd glassy stare quite peculiar to them. His hair, thickly powdered and pomatumed, hangs down his shoulders on each side as straight as a pound of tallow candles. His conversation, however, soon makes you forget his ugliness and infirmities. There is a poignancy without effort in all that he says, which reminded me a little of the character which the wits of Johnson's circle give of Beauclerk. For example, we talked about Metternich and Cardinal Mazarin. "J'y trouve beaucoup a redire. Le Cardinal trompait; mais il ne mentait pas. Or, M. de Metternich ment toujours, et ne trompe jamais." He mentioned M. de St. Aulaire, -now one of the most distinguished public men of France. I said: "M. de Saint- Aulaire est beau-pere de M. le duc de Cazes, n'est-ce pas?" "Non, monsieur," said Talleyrand; "l'on...
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Add this copy of The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay-Volume 1 to cart. $5.98, good condition, Sold by Neil Shillington rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hobe Sound, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1876 by Harper & Brothers.
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Good. Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1875 PRINTING. 2 VOLUMES IN ONE BOOK. Text appears unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. With owner's name inside cover. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 12mo. Blue cloth and blue leather binding. Gilt lettering and patterned bands on backstrip. Plain patterned decoration on front and back boards. Slight shelf wear on backstrip. Light stains and scratching on boards. Bumped corners. Marbled page edges and end papers. Internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
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Volume 2. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 400grams, ISBN:
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Good. No Jacket. Book Cover has edgewear, moreso on the spine-ends; rear inner hinge starting to crack. Biography of this Victorian "rebel", author, "Lord", reformer, etc and the story of Liberalism in Queen Victorian's era, and his letters-as written and compiled by his nephew. 311 pages.
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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering and thin gilt bands on backstrip, plain stamped borders on front and back boards. Significant shelf wear-backstrip peeling away from internal binding and fraying. Fading to cloth, bumped corners. Untrimmed page edges. Front and back hinge splits. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1100grams, ISBN:
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 650grams, ISBN:
