Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 297
for the Coventry fair, when the housekeeper indignantlycommanded her to don her long apron, take her broom andsweep the floor; the Lord Leigh of the time, beholding herthus, was so struck by her beauty that he ordered that sheshould be painted. Chancellor Ferguson of Carlisle, who haspublished a… … THE PRETTY HOUSEMAID StoneleiGb an& its flDcmories 265 The visitor who, on antiquarian researches intent, approachesStoneleigh Abbey from its west side, is surprised to find himselfconfronted by a comparatively modern house, with its Italiangardens sloping down on the south side to the banks of…
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