...The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duke’s Ch... ...eased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in England. Then they had gone abroad, t... ...He told himself from day to day, that though he had been banished from the House of Commons, still, as a peer, he had a seat in Parliament; and that t... ... once sent up to Trinity. For the eldest son a seat was to be found in the House of Commons, and the fact that a dissolution of Parliament was expecte... ...he wife of Phineas Finn, who had been one of the Duke’s colleagues when in office. How it had come to pass that Mrs Finn and the Duchess had become si... ... were a boy then. ’ ‘Of course I was very sorry for it,—though I hated Ox- ford. It was neither one thing nor another. You were your own master and ye... ...together satisfac- tory occupation, but it was the best which his life af- forded him. He would never, however, come across into the other House, with... ...ople around call it the Castle, but it is not a castle. It is an old brick building supposed to have been erected in the days of James the First, hav-... ...in his lease against the making of any new roads, opening of footpaths, or building of bridges. He had seen somewhere in print a plan for running a ra...

...uke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the first nine months after he had left office he and the Duchess remained in England. Then they had gone abroad, taking with them their three children. The eldest, Lord Silverbridge, had been at Oxford, but had his career there cut short by some more than ordinary...

...Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Framley Parso... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...om his having been sent, while still very young, as a private pupil to the house of a clergyman, who was an old friend and intimate friend of his fath... ...sician, and in praising his luck in having such a son? ‘You were up at the house to-day, I suppose, ’ said Mark to his wife, as he sat stretching hims... ... everything necessary for the comfort of country life. The house was a low building of two stories, built at dif- ferent periods, and devoid of all pr... ...ition; and then, at the Cross also, lived the shoemaker, who kept the post-office. Framley church was distant from this just a quarter of a mile, and ... ...ch, but close to it, were the boy’s school and girl’s school, two distinct buildings, which owed their erection to Lady Lufton’s energy; then came a n... ...s father had been for many years a debater in the House, and had held high office. Harold, in early life, had intended him- self for the Cabinet; and ... ...ad been spending, and had continued to spend, more money than he could af- ford. This very journey of his up to London would be most imprudent, if it ...