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M'Catchley, when Sir Compton Delaval seizing it, and giving it a hearty shake, cried, "You have not yet danced with my eldest daughter; so if you'll not ask her, why, I must offer her to you as your partner. Here, Sarah." Miss Sarah Delaval, who was five feet eight, and as stately as she was tall, bowed her head graciously; and Mr. Avenel, before he knew where he was, found her leaning on his arm.
Sir Compton Delaval, an old baronet, with a pedigree as long as a Welshman's, who had been reluctantly decoyed to the feast by his three unmarried daughters not one of whom, however, had hitherto condescended even to bow to the host now rose. It was his right, he was the first person there in rank and station. I can only say, for my part, that I am proud to rank Mr.
"The house is very full," Miss Winmarleigh said it was a remark she always made on big nights "and yet hardly any new faces about." "Yes," said Hector. "Does it compare with the Opera-House in Paris, Hector?" Miss Winmarleigh hardly ever went abroad. "No," said Hector. Not only had Delaval Stirling retained his seat, but Chris Harford, Mrs.
But how on earth could they have chosen me? I know nothing of this man he knows nothing of me. 'Such compliments to your abilities and classical discoveries, said Violet. 'Much good they would do without interest! I would give twenty pounds to know who has got me this. 'Ha! said Arthur, looking at the signature. 'Did not he marry some of the Delaval connection?
Lord March, one evening at Ranelagh, expressed his regret to Sir Francis Delaval that he was not able to attend Newmarket at the next meeting. "I am obliged," said he, "to stay in London; I shall, however, be at the Turf Coffee-house; I shall station fleet horses on the road to bring me the earliest intelligence of the event of the race, and I shall manage my bets accordingly."
She engaged an excellent clergyman of the Church of England to superintend his studies; to accompany him on foreign travel when the proper season arrived; to ward from him those dangers which dissipation always throws in the way of the noble, the idle, and the wealthy. But the Reverend Cyril Delaval died of the measles at Naples, and henceforth the young Earl of Bagnigge was without a guardian.
Seaton Sluice belongs to the ancient family of the Delavals, whose house, Delaval Hall, may be seen not far away, peeping from amongst the trees which surround it.
And then he began to feel hot and jealous! This was different from Paris, where she was more or less a tourist; but here, how long would she be left in peace without siege being laid to her? He knew his world and the men it contained. Yes, at that moment the door at the back of the box opened and Delaval Stirling came in, Josiah Brown making way for him to sit in front.
Then the house took into consideration some letters which had been intercepted in a French ship taken by sir Ralph Delaval. Three of these are said to have been written by king James, and the rest sealed with his seal.
He adds: 'I also set up a night telegraph between a house which Sir Francis Delaval occupied at Hampstead, and one to which I had access in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury. This nocturnal telegraph answered well, but was too expensive for common use. Later on he writes to Dr. Darwin: 'I have been employed for two months in experiments upon a telegraph of my own invention.
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