 | James Anthony Froude - 1890 - 290 páginas
...he notes a dinner in Whitehall Gardens. ' I came late,' he says, 'having mistaken the hour. I found some twentyfive gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence....table and set them going, and in time they became noisy. Peel, I think, was pleased that I broke the awful stillness, as he talked to me a good deal,... | |
 | Wilfrid Meynell - 1903 - 734 páginas
...mistaken the hour," he writes 21 305 to Bradenham, where all his triumphs had a second life. "I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence....talked to me a good deal, though we were far removed." Even that fourth decade of the century, which was to witness the breach, began in amity. In July, 1840,... | |
 | Wilfrid Meynell - 1903 - 362 páginas
...having mistaken the hour," he writes to Bradenham, where all his triumphs had a second life. " I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence....time they became even noisy. Peel, I think, was quite Photo by Hr. 'S* D. Downey, London. LORD BEACONSFIB1.D. From a photograph taken in the 'seventies.... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - 1908 - 436 páginas
...made his mark, he writes : — " I dined at Peel's, and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a shot over the table, set them going, and in time they became even noisy." It is the same in the House of Commons : — "... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - 1908 - 440 páginas
...made his mark, he writes : — " I dined at Peel's, and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a shot over the table, set them going, and in time they became even noisy." It is the same in the House of Commons : — "... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - 1912 - 498 páginas
...research. I dined at Sir Robert's on Saturday, and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some 25 gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a shot...and in time they became even noisy. Peel, I think, 1 Disraeli's friend Lord Chandos, who had succeeded on the death of his father, the 1st Duke, at the... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - 1912 - 510 páginas
...I • iiueil at Sir Robert's on Saturday, and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some 25 gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a shot...and in time they became even noisy. Peel, I think, 1 Disraeli's friend Lord Chandos, who had succeeded on the death of bis father, the 1st Duke, at the... | |
 | 1913 - 874 páginas
...Robert's on Saturday," he wrote to his sister, "and came late, baring mistaken the hour. I found some 25 gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a shot...talked to me a good deal, though we were far removed." Disraeli, of course, preserved his indel>endencfc: he spoke and voted on occasion against his party,... | |
 | Charles Whibley - 1923 - 312 páginas
...Sir Robert's on Saturday,' he wrote to his sister, ' and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence....talked to me a good deal, though we were far removed.' Disraeli, of course, preserved his independence : he spoke and voted on occasion against his party,... | |
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Two years later Disraeli still took pleasure in the friendship of Peel. ' I dined at Sir Robert's on Saturday,' he wrote to his sister, ' and came late, having mistaken the hour. I found some twenty-five gentlemen grubbing in solemn silence. I threw a... 
