The Life of F. M., H. R. H. Edward, Duke of Kent: Illustrated by His Correspondence with the De Salaberry Family, Never Before Published, Extending from 1791 to 1814Hunter, Rose, 1870 - 241 trang |
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appointed arrival assure Beauport believe brother Canada Canadian Captain de Salaberry CASTLE HILL LODGE Colonel Commander in Chief conduct consequence corps Curé dear de Salaberry DEAR DE SALABERRY,-I DEAR MAJOR,-I desire Duke of Kent Duke of York duty EDWARD England esteem father favor fear feel flatter Fort Matilda friendship fully Garrison Battalions Gibraltar give Government Governor H. R. Highness HALIFAX happy honor hope inform KENSINGTON PALACE Laurent leave letter Lieut Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Lord Lord Castlereagh Lord Dorchester Lower Canada Madame de Salaberry Madame de St Majesty Majesty's Major de Salaberry Maurice ment military month obliged occasion October officer opportunity packet pleasure Pray present Prince Quebec received recommend regiment regret remain remembrance reply respect Rottenburg Royal Highness sent sentiments sincere Sir James Craig thank to-day West Indies wish write yesterday
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Trang 238 - It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father...
Trang 90 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Trang 238 - And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
Trang 3 - Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town...
Trang 201 - ... O'er his low bed may weep. One sleeps where southern vines are drest Above the noble slain : He wrapt his colours round his breast On a blood-red field of Spain. And one — o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves, by soft winds fanned ; She faded midst Italian flowers — The last of that bright band. And parted thus they rest, who played Beneath the same green tree ; Whose voices mingled as they prayed Around one parent knee...
Trang 69 - It is but a short time since this mansion was tenanted by its royal master, and in that brief space how great has been the devastation of the elements! A few years more, and all trace of it will have disappeared for ever. Its very site will soon become a matter of doubt.' The forest is fast reclaiming its own, and the lawns and ornamented gardens, annually sown with seeds scattered by the winds from the surrounding woods, are relapsing into a state of nature, and exhibiting in detached patches a...
Trang 146 - Majesty to permit you to resume your situation there. " I had hoped, from the number of ineffectual applications which you have at different times made upon this unlucky subject, that you would have been prevented from renewing them ; and I can only repeat how much I have lamented that no arrangement could be made to relieve you from the embarrassment which you must undoubtedly always labour under, so long as you retain the government of Gibraltar. " I am, &c. &c.
Trang 11 - The judge fixed upon to conciliate the minds of 75,600 foreigners to the laws and government of Great Britain, was taken from a gaol, entirely ignorant of civil law, and of the language of the people.
Trang 117 - ... narrative that he procured, through Sir Sidney Smith, Sir John Douglas's assurance that he would, under existing circumstances, remain quiet, if left unmolested. " This result {His Royal Highness says) he communicated to me the following day, and I seemed satisfied with it." And undoubtedly as he only communicated the result to me, I could not be otherwise than satisfied...
Trang 229 - Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death; Some perishing of pleasure, some of study, Some worn with toil, some of mere weariness, Some of disease, and some insanity, And some of withered or of broken hearts; For this last is a malady which slays More than are numbered in the lists of fate, Taking all shapes, and bearing many names.