Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 330
w,and is continually disturbed by foolish interruptionsfrom people who do not know the value of an oldmans leisure. His hands were very thin and wasted ;he showed us how they shook and trembled unless herested them on something, and said they were failinghim from weakness. And, at length, closing… … CymuyLes House CHELSEA MEMORIES 285 I wish you Gods blessing; good-bye. We shookhands once more and went away. I was not at allshy. He seemed such a venerable old man, and soworn and old-looking, that I was very much affected.Our visit was on Tuesday, May 18, 1880, at about 2 P.M. He died in the…
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