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      Holland House. By The Death Of Lady Holl...

      power and broadened the liberty of a nation which ¥¥ JLbLJL ^ S— L 4 W will W » — . ¦> - — ever ^^ V ^ S—w * hold . »¦» — » — - ¦ ——• — his _ . _»* - _• name ——¦— - ^ b— —¦ in ——— grateful y ^— — —— _ b » <« HI ^ V ~^ T ~*

      honour—for the master of Holland House threw as his the political whole influence weight of into his social the desp bb as ¦¦ ¦ ¦ well ised ¦¦ -

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      Another policy of of peace the great , retrenchment Whig leaders , and , Lord reform John . Russellhas W happ Jfcfc ildescribed ¦¦¦¦¦¦ Lord f ¦ Holland ¦

      as bbb ^ V ^^^ a ¦^ # P ^ ' man ™^»^ bV bf , A AJp who ^^^ * won fc ^ ¦••** b ^ b * y W without ™ W ™* " f ** ¦*¦?* ^ aw-fbf ^» ^ " ^ seeming ^ " ^ ^ fb > " * * ^* - ™¦ to ^^^^^^ ^ court " ^ ^ " ^ , instructed , -m m ^ fyj ¦ Vb > b *" ™ ' w ^>* *• - without » — . » a a ~™ *^ " * - « . * seeming ¦* * " »•«¦ ^ - ^ . »»•»¦ Bh ¦> — y ^ to ^^ teach ^^ ^^^ ^^ , y and ^^^ — ^ F > ^ Fh FBB " tf A A K

      amused without labouring to ^ be witty . ' From the end of last century until the opening years of Queen Victoria ' s reign few men in land of liberal proclivities ¦¦ who had ¦

      JLAA Eng MlX & ltVlAVi ^ rJL . —k a . *~ r ^ SJ . w-v—» t ^ - *— - ^^ t ^—v—w » —t ¦**— ¦ . ¦— -. ¦— ' , > r -- « - — - ——•— ——gained ap science . iATir » f * renown failed failed in to to art make mak , literature e acquaintance acauaintance , politics with witn , or :

      Holland , House and its genial and patriotic ownerIf it can be sai 9 m d «¦ with ¦ approach

      ~^» r T ^ b > b . ^ f >*—• . Jt —» * - w % ^ mi ** » k ^ ™ *^ ^^^^ «««> w » —> «**» any »»— — ~ w ^^ _* T AT ¦* — ™^ — to truth that there _ was in * - Eng ~^^_^_^ lan ^ FB d in sB 1806 ^^^ aBk ^ Fht a ¦ ¦ Ministry , a m a a r * - * *• - — w composed ~ B' ^>* r—> b . b , w *» ^^ p »^™ b ^ ~—^ of w' m . 'AH . ^ -bbbwb > the - « r » B . •_*¦ Talents ¦— b . — v . bb . — - ~ , -B ' — it ¦— - is

      equally correct to add thfit there was before that yi and long ¦¦ after ¦ it had ¦« run b ¦ its — ¦¦ course

      ¦ mr m m 1 w ^^ year w ^ n ~ ^ , m fc .-B' _>•*¦ * . *¦» ^^ «* b % I wi " « r «• « bb b * « r « a »^ *<^ ^—— ^^ ^~ —— — — —— — - — - , y politan an assemblage company of which all the thronged talents in the the salons cosmo of

      -Holland House in the days when the kindly hand of VassalLord Hollandwelcomed its

      , , guests . A list of the visitors to Holland House

      during this period would include the names of ¦ half a ITT 1 the ^^ ^ ^ ^^ eminent ^^ ~ ~ ~ ~ — — ^ BiT ^^ V * men ^ ^^ ^^^^ in ^ l &^ k Eng ^^ k ^^ ^^ MK land ^^ - ' ^ ^^ ¦¦ " ™ , « fro ^^ ^ B - »— - m ^^ B ^ —— Lord ^^ -ar ^_ —

      Byron to Lord Macaulay , and would supply ample proof , if that were needed , of the wide

      symp flvmnat athies hifts as as well well as aa versatil versatile e tastes tastes or of the the noble owner . Political leaders , such as Grey , Russell "R . naaell . Durham ThirTiam . and a . rtf \ Tjansdowne Lansdowne . met met m in the the

      Gilt Ro , om or the , Library , with , poets like Moore and Rogers , and men of science like Sir Humphry DavyCount Rumfordor

      Alexander von Humboldt , or wandering authors , ^ from ^ flb - ^^^ ^^^^^^ the ^^ ^ b ^ b ^ k ^ Great ^^^^ V ^ M ^^^ ^¦ ' ^ «^ Republic *^*~ ^^ ^ h ^ » m ^ b ^ I V , ^* i ^^ ^ av like ^^ ^« ^ k ^ ^ h ^ Washington ~ * » ' ¦ ^~ ^* ^^ ^ b «^ ^ p ^^ - ^ -4 ^ - ^ r

      Irving . The Prince Regent and the Duke of Clarence were not more at home in that

      brilliant crowd than Canova the sculptor and Wilkie the painter . Astute dilomatists like

      Prince de Talleyrand or Prince p Metternich have leaned across those tables to com ¦ -

      pare notes with philosophic students like Bentham , Mackintosh , or Romilly ; nay , it is quite as likel mt thatfor once off their guard h r

      th ^^^^ B ^^ p ^ B e ^^ y ^^ P ^^^ p have ^ ^ ' ¦^ p ^^ P ^^^ ^ f ^ M ^ m ^ thrown ^ ~^ m ^ r ^^^ y H ^^ F ^^^ ^^^ ^ W ^^ F ^^ F , ^ themselves H ^^^ V ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ™ ^^ r ^ v ^^ i ^^ v back ^ ¦ ^^^ - ^^^ ^^^^^^ in m ^^^^^ h their ^ - ^^ ^^ - ^^ ^^^ ^^ p ^^ , ^ h chairs , convulsed with the humour of wits like Henry Luttrell or Sydney Smithwho used

      to say that Holland House always , seemed to him to belike some ' enchanted palace . '

      Surely it is not too much to hope that Holland Housethe romance of whose story

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      moral and adorn the tale of the social aspects

      of English literature and politics ! a- rf- ^ - —

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      II 54 The Publishers' Circular OcfL ii & Sg ¦ ¦ ii ' . _ ' . ' . ' .... ' ii II ' .. ' IIbbSbbI .

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/22/