Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One
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- Synopsis
- Excerpt: . . . good-looking and-what is even more remarkable-a strong Liberal. He was never one of the Souls, but he was a faithful and loving early friend of ours. Mr. Godfrey Webb was the doyen of the Souls. He was as intimate with my brothers and parents as he was with my sisters and self. Godfrey-or Webber as some called him-was not only a man of parts, but had a peculiar flavour of his own: he had the sense of humour and observation of a memoirist and his wit healed more than it cut. For hours together he would poke about the country with a dog, a gun and a cigar, perfectly independent and self-sufficing, whether engaged in sport, repartee, or literature. He wrote and published for private circulation a small book of poems and made the Souls famous by his proficiency at all our pencil-games. It would be unwise to quote verses or epigrams that depend so much upon the occasion and the environment. Only a George Meredith can sustain a preface boasting of his heroine's wit throughout the book, but I will risk one example of Godfrey Webb's quickness. He took up a newspaper one morning in the dining-room at Glen and, reading that a Mr. Pickering Phipps had broken his leg on rising from his knees at prayer, he immediately wrote this couplet: On bended knees, with fervent lips, Wrestled with Satan Pickering Phipps, But when for aid he ceased to beg, The wily devil broke his leg! He spent every holiday with us and I do not think he ever missed being with us on the anniversary of Laura's death, whether I was at home or abroad. He was a man in a million, the last of the wits, and I miss him every day of my life. Lord Midleton Footnote: The Right Hon. the Earl of Midleton, of Peper, Harow, Godalming. -better known as St. John Brodrick-was my first friend of interest; I knew him two years before I met Arthur Balfour or any of the Souls. He came over to Glen while he was staying with neighbours of ours. I wired to him not long ago to congratulate him on being. . .
- Copyright:
- 1918
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781153741125
- Publisher:
- General Books LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 08/08/16
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- General Books LLC
- Adult content:
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- Language:
- English
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