... admnit in daily life, but in fiction half measures are looked upon with suspicion, and Mr Boothby's frank admission that his Duke's son at bottom is a very had lot, though he has his pathetic moments, is perhaps more in the style of Bret Harte in his ...

... not only clear, but in some measure sacred; they must abide dc with me while life remains. To have been the guest of the hi Duke of Wellington for days and nights together; to have sa listened to his words of wisdom in the discussion of questions at liotb ...