My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de GyffordJ. Murray, 1948 - 369 pages |
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... soon became quarrelsome . Discussion growing hot , he suddenly dashed at Hobhouse and tried to throttle him , while Hobhouse , who was too small a man to be at his best in a rough - and - tumble , picked up a knife in self - defence ...
... soon became quarrelsome . Discussion growing hot , he suddenly dashed at Hobhouse and tried to throttle him , while Hobhouse , who was too small a man to be at his best in a rough - and - tumble , picked up a knife in self - defence ...
Page 21
... soon absorbed in theories and counter- theories of Homeric topography . Byron , no less than Hobhouse , was entranced by the first sight of Mount Ida , the Simois and Scamander of schoolboy memory , and the plain that had once resounded ...
... soon absorbed in theories and counter- theories of Homeric topography . Byron , no less than Hobhouse , was entranced by the first sight of Mount Ida , the Simois and Scamander of schoolboy memory , and the plain that had once resounded ...
Page 97
... soon ; but I think that may be easily overcome . " Dr. Baillie , who had not seen the patient , believed that a temporary separation might be beneficial , and advised Lady Byron to write to her husband on light and soothing topics ; and ...
... soon ; but I think that may be easily overcome . " Dr. Baillie , who had not seen the patient , believed that a temporary separation might be beneficial , and advised Lady Byron to write to her husband on light and soothing topics ; and ...
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