And he was gifted with that peculiar power which enables a man to have the last word in every encounter,-a power which we are apt to call repartee, which is in truth the readiness which comes from continual practice.” “Sir Timothy was a fluent speaker, and when there was nothing to be said was possessed of great plenty of words.“as he cared no longer for the light that lies in a lady’s eye, there was not much left to him in the world but cards and racing.”.”There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality.He and his younger brother Gerald also involve themselves with gambling, and lose thousands of pounds of the family fortune. Not only is she a commoner, but she is American. His oldest son Lord Silverbridge, enters politics opposing his father’s conservative views, and also falls for a woman who is unfavourable to the Duke. Lady Mary has shocked her father by falling in love with, and wanting to marry, a commoner. This is the last book in the Palliser Series, being the story of the Duke of Omnium whose wife has died and is left to deal with his three children as young adults.Published: 1880 Setting:England Genre:Historical fictionġ.Hours of business: Mon-Fri 10 to 6 Number 46 is at the northern end of Shepherd Market, formerly the location of Shepherds bindery, a five minute walk from Green Park tube station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) and only slightly more from Bond Street station. We also display a selection of stock at our Mayfair shop: 46 Curzon Street Number 48 is on the south side of Bedford Square, a five minute walk from Totten ham Court Road or Goodge Street underground stations and a ten minute walk from Russell Square. Great Britain Hours of business: Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5 Our primary address is our Bloomsbury shop: Stock Code: 116813 Members of: Antiquarian Booksellers Association Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Sadleir calls for a publisher's catalogue in the final volume, which isn't present here. Library labels removed from front covers, corners bruised, string marks to board edges, and one or two gatherings proud, but a very good set, with the ownership inscriptions of "Lady Dalrymple" on the front free endpapers: presumably not the character in Jane Austen's Persuasion, but Sophia, Lady Dalrymple, (née Sophia Ricketts Pattle) Julia Margaret Cameron's sister, portraited by G.F.
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