Two Englishmen', by an American [G.M. Royce].
by George Monroe Royce (9781150531132)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1885 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: But Leonard, under no circumstances, could have been induced to bring a wife to preside over the questionable company of his bachelor uncle which assembled from time to time at Bute Hall. For Sir Lennox was never so happy as when extending his hospitality to those who understood the art of high living. But it was not good livers only whom he entertained at Bute Hall. He was amused, sometimes entertained, by clergymen, artists, musicians, authors, and occasionally by an advanced thinker, -- but never by politicians. He drew the line at the Houses of Parliament, and Conservative and Liberal met at Bute Hall on neutral ground; and the host's peculiar aversion to parliamentary matters was too well known not to be respected. The baronet enjoyed, in a languid way, a spirited discussion, in which, however, he never took any part. He was at some pains to get together men of opposite opinions in Church, in Art, in Music, in social and scientific matters. He in this way kept abreast of the times, without any special labour on his own part. Disciples of Doctor Arnold and Doctor Pusey discussed at the baronet's table -- High Church and Low Church, from the Reformation to the Trac- tarian movement; and from the secession of Newman and Manning to Lady High Flyer, who had just quitted the English for the ' Holy RomanChurch.' Sir Lennox professed to see much that was true in everything that was said; and when alone with either champion, his good breeding was sometimes mistaken for an endorsement of this man's party. But he avoided as much as possible any private conversation on these subjects. It was the measuring o...

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