The life and letters of William Beckford, of Fonthill (1910)
Benjamin, Lewis Saul, 1874-1932, Storer, James Sargant, 1771-1853 · London : W. Heinemann · leaf 322
Northern Pole * to \isit thoseshady scenes of Monastic Grandeur in which you are im-mersed ; perhaps you will be surprized at not havingreceived before this period some signs of my existence inthese worldly regions. My silence is not reprehensible—Idleness is not thecause—nor has the shrine of… … SUSAN EUPHEMIA, DUCHESS OF HAMILTONThomas Phillips /;// peimisswn of the Duke of Hamilton THE MARQUIS OF DOUGLAS 285 suffering from the cruel effects of my fall. Some tutelary-Angel must have been at hand at that critical moment,and have snatched me from the realms of futurity. Forwhat purpose ?…
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 · Fonthill Abbey · Art -- Collectors and collecting England Biography
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