excerpt from 'Letter from Lady Sarah Lyttelton to her daughter, the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton, 18 October 1840' pp. 306 (107 words)
excerpt from 'Letter from Lady Sarah Lyttelton to her daughter, the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton, 18 October 1840' pp. 306 (107 words)
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We had a coursing-party yesterday—too stupid always, and my wishes for the hares are so troublesome, I could hate Prince Albert for having a greyhound. Only then, at dinner, the incomparable band of the 1st Life Guards played, quite to admiration, a piece of solemn choral music, which one saw people all round the table stopping their talk to listen to and feel—so perfectly different from the usual style; but it was, indeed, most beautiful, and the Queen called to me in a low voice and with a great blush, “Don't you like that? It is composed by the Prince;” and I forgot the greyhound ... |
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