 Thames side, to wit, at Chelsey, late my Lord of Lincoln's,* a commodious house, neither mean, nor subject to envy yet magnificent enough ; there he converseth affably with his family, his wife, his son, and daughter-inlaw, his three daughters and their...  Memoirs of Eminent Female Writers, of All Ages and Countries - Page 137by Anna Maria Lee - 1827 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1816 - 924 pages
...Chancellor's domestic manners in this village, says, " There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he ; and he loveth his old wife as well as if... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1808 - 730 pages
...commodious house, neither mean, nor an object of envy. '1 here he converses affably with his family, his wife, his son and daughter-in-law, his three daughters...with eleven grand-children. There is no man living so affectionate to his children ; and he loves his old wife as well as if she were a young maid. Such... | |
 | Thomas Faulkner - Chelsea (London, England) - 1810 - 514 pages
...with his wife and family at Chelsea : " There he converseth with his wife,'' says he, " his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters, and their husbands, with eleven grand-children. There is not a man living so affectionate to his children as he ; he loveth his old wife as well as if she was... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 564 pages
...subject to envy, yet magnificent enough. There he converses affably with his family, his wife, bis son, and daughter-in-law, his three daughters, and...their husbands; with eleven grand-children. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he; and he loveth his old wife, as well as if... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1816 - 944 pages
...Chancellor's domestic manners in this village, says, " There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he ; and he loveth his old wife as well as if... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1816 - 932 pages
...Chancellor's domestic manners in tii - Tillage, says, " There he converses with his wife, his son, his daughter-in-law, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he ; and he lovelh his old wife as well as if... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 418 pages
...family, consisting of his wife, his son, and daughter-in-law, his three daughters, and their husbauds, with eleven grandchildren. There is no man living...Academy of Plato. But I should do it an injury, by such u comparison; it is rather a school of Christian goodness, in which piety, virtue, and the liberal... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 632 pages
...a commodious house, neither mean nor an object of envy. There he converses affably with his family, his wife, his son, and daughter-in-law, his three...with eleven grand-children. There is no man living so affectionate to his children ; and he loves his old wife as well as if she was a young maid. Such is... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1826 - 624 pages
...a commodious house, neither mean nor an object of envy. There he converses affably with his family, his wife, his son, and daughter-in-law, his three...with eleven grand-children. There is no man living so affectionate to his children ; and he loves his old wife as well as if she was a young maid. Such is... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 440 pages
...where he converses affably with his family, consulting of his wife, his son, and daughter-in-law, liis three daughters, and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren. There is no man living so fond of liis children, or who possesses a more excellent temper. You would call his house the academy of Plato.... | |
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