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  • "Vansittart," said Lady Merceron, "Charlie and I want to consult you

    Comedies of Courtship Anthony Hope 1898

  • "Vansittart" (to whom Perceval did turn) would not scan, or, misled by old newspapers, would have written "Horner," must remain a mystery.]] [Footnote 21: See the portrait of Spencer Perceval in the National

    Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • He may well, therefore, come to regret his having become the longest serving Chancellor since Nicholas Vansittart held office from 1812-1823.

    Does Brown's Ordure Begin To Reek? 2007

  • He may well, therefore, come to regret his having become the longest serving Chancellor since Nicholas Vansittart held office from 1812-1823.

    Archive 2007-12-16 2007

  • I have proposed to Vansittart, climbing over the wall, but he has refused me.

    The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

  • A mutual unspoken desire made Vansittart and Virginia steal off together to a secluded spot.

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

  • But Clive was a bolder man than Vansittart, and he resolved that "double batta" should cease forthwith, except at Allahabad, where the troops were considered as being actually in the field.

    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

  • The court of directors had long ago issued that "double batta" should be abolished, but Vansittart and his council had listened to the remonstrances of the army, and the order was left unregarded.

    The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

  • If anything could arouse suspicion in the breasts of the servants who wait upon them, and the tradespeople who serve them it would be the extraordinary tenderness subsisting between them; the excessive courtesy and consideration of Mr. Vansittart for Mr.. Vansittart, and the entire absence of that familiarity commonly seen between affectionate husbands and wives, which almost invariably engenders subsequent contempt.

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

  • "I thought perhaps you had a good many dull hours now Vansittart is so much away."

    Tales from Many Sources Vol. V Various

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