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He reported a feeble drama written by his ancient idol, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe; "it is a painful thing to see a man of his quality and of his age unduly detained in the world; when the Emperor Nicholas died, the Eltchi lost his raison d'etre."
One of the comparatively old houses of the neighbourhood of Earl's Court, that has only recently been demolished, was Coleherne Court, at the corner of Redcliffe Gardens and the Brompton Road. It is now replaced by residential flats. This was possibly the same house as that mentioned by Bowack : "The Hon. Col.
Not long afterward the family removed to a house near the Church of St. Mary Redcliffe, one of the oldest and noblest among the parochial structures in England.
Lord John Russell had a policy, but no power to enforce it, whilst Lord Aberdeen had no policy which ordinary mortals could fathom, and had the power to keep the Cabinet though scarcely Lord Stratford de Redcliffe from taking any decided course.
In a series of letters to the Times he pointed out the supreme need of joint action by all the Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris; that that treaty by no means prohibited their intervention in the affairs of Turkey; that wise and timely intervention would be to the advantage of that State; that the Turks had always yielded to coercion if it were of overwhelming strength, but only on those terms; and that therefore the severance of England from the European Concert was greatly to be deplored . In private this former champion of Turkey went even farther, and declared on Sept. 10, 1876, that the crisis in the East would not have become acute had Great Britain acted conjointly with the Powers . There is every reason to believe that posterity will endorse this judgment of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe.
Mary Redcliffe, that in his last will he bequeathed the whole of these protographs, to be locked up in strong iron coffers, and deposited for safety in the church he had erected, believing, no doubt, and with much propriety, that if he placed them in a sacred edifice their preservation would be secured for the benefit of posterity.
The barbarity of the time demanded that the murderers should be executed on the spot where their crime was committed, so that the two men implicated were hanged, the one at the end of Redcliffe Gardens, and the other near Stamford Bridge, Chelsea Station. These men were Chelsea pensioners, and must have been active for their years to make such an attempt.
To Redcliffe Church with my father and Dall. What a beautiful old building it is!... What a sermon! Has the truth, as our Church holds it, no fitter expounders than such a preacher? Are these its stays, props, and pillars teachers to guide, enlighten, and instruct people as cultivated and intelligent as the people of this country on the most momentous of all subjects?
Lord Clarendon to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, September 10, 1853 Ibid, part iv. p. 95. It is said that the Russian Government put an improper construction on the Vienna note. Lord Cowley to Lord Clarendon, October 4, 1853 Ibid, part ii. p. 131. Lord Clarendon to Lord Cowley, October 7, 1853 Ibid, part ii. p. 140. Now, observe the course taken by our Government.
Later, George said that he would lock up the office himself and leave the key with the housekeeper. "You can't miss the place," said Mr. Haim on leaving. "It's between the Workhouse and the Redcliffe."
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