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Seite 291 - Mrs. Siddons, Sir H. Bishop, Sir G. Smart, Staudigl, Thalberg, Berlioz, Velluti, C. Young, Balfe, Braham, and many other artists of note in their time, will recall a flood of recollections. It was a delicate task for Madame Moscheles to select from the diaries in reference to living persons, but her extracts have been judiciously made.
Seite 288 - ... is obvious that the historian has been at especial pains to justify his reputation, to strengthen his hold upon the learned, and also to extend his sway over the many who prize an attractive style and interesting narrative more highly than laborious research and philosophic insight." — Morning Post. " The thanks of all students of English history are due to Mr. Hepworth Dixon for his clever and original work, 4 History of two Queens.
Seite 84 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home!
Seite 288 - These concluding volumes of Mr. Dixon's ' History of two Queens ' will be perused with keen interest by thousands of readers. Whilst no less valuable to the student, they will be far more enthralling to the general reader than the earlier half of the history. Every page of what may be termed Anne Boleyn's story affords a happy illustration of the author's vivid and picturesque style. The work should be found in every library."— Post.
Seite 266 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love ; Where friendship...
Seite 13 - A NOBLE LIFE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN." "This is one of those pleasant tales in which the author of 'John Halifax' speaks out of a generous heart the purest truths of life."— Examiner.
Seite 291 - Svo. 30s. Among other persons mentioned in the Second Series of this work are— The Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold ; the Dukes of Wellington and Beaufort; the Earls of Durham and Carlisle ; Lords Byron, Clyde, Adolphus Fitzclarence, and Cockburn; Sirs Walter Scott, G.
Seite 13 - A good book on a most interesting theme." — Times. " A truly interesting and most affecting memoir. Irving's Life ought to have a niche• in every gallery of religions biography. There are few lives that will be fuller of instruction, interest, and consolation,
Seite 288 - The book is a valuable contribution to English history. The author has consulted a number of original sources of information — in particular the archives at Simancas, Alcala, and Venice. Mr. Dixon is a skilful writer. His style, singularly vivid, graphic, and dramatic — is alive with human and artistic interest Some of the incidental descriptions reach a very high level of picturesque power.