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  • Miss Shuckburgh [15] was presented yesterday, and as she has a borough, Knox thought she might be worth looking at, but the Borough and Twelve Thousand a year must be thought of, by any one disposed to think of her.

    The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling

  • Shuckburgh, Bart., and Julia Annabella, d. and sole heiress of James

    The Letter-Bag of Lady Elizabeth Spencer-Stanhope — Volume 1 A. M. W. [Compiler] Stirling

  • Lady Shuckburgh cannot imagine Mary Stedman to be capable of cooking for any except the servants'-hall table.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Lady Shuckburgh having a professed cook, as well as a housekeeper, in her establishment, it is not very likely she herself should know anything of the abilities or merits of the under servants; therefore she is unable to answer Lady Seymour's note.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Lady Shuckburgh was unacquainted with the name of the kitchen-maid until mentioned by Lady Seymour, as it is her custom neither to apply for or to give characters to any of the under servants, this being always done by the housekeeper, Mrs. Couch -- and this was well known to the young woman; therefore Lady Shuckburgh is surprised at her referring any lady to her for a character.

    Collections and Recollections George William Erskine Russell 1886

  • Shuckburgh has since treated this casuistical problem more elaborately: but Bishop Gibson it was, who, in his _Chronicon Preciosum_, first broke the ice.

    Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

  • At Hatton-hill, near the two mile stone, there is an extensive and diversified prospect over the fertile tract that surrounds Warwick; in every part highly cultivated, and adorned with woods, encircled by gently-rising hills; and in the back ground are seen Shuckburgh-hill on one side and Edge-hill on the other.

    A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington Charles Pye 1820

  • 6. Evelyn Shuckburgh, Descent to Suez: Diaries, 1951–1956 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986, p.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • 6. Evelyn Shuckburgh, Descent to Suez: Diaries, 1951–1956 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986, p.

    The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

  • Secretary Acheson’s message is described by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden’s private secretary in Evelyn Shuckburgh, Descent to Suez: Diaries, 1951–56 New York: Norton, 1987, p.

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

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