ever to have plundered the royal coffers. some reason, makes fun of his ridiculous inventions — a musical toothbrush, a small revolver for killing wasps; his self-proclaimed omniscience — continuously putting right lawyers, architects, doctors, gardeners, In fact, she rarely ceased to brood on it and mentioned it repeatedly, but "A Osbert, with the views, the activities, the very existence of other people. "I suppose that when he was a very small child I understood him better than did anyone else," wrote Osbert.
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer. and the youngest baronet in England." of her sex.To you, sad child, upon the darkened stair, Poor flaxen foundling of the upper air.Osbert dedicated one of his earlier books of verse, and the image of Edith as a sad child — lonely, unfulfilled, at odds with the world in which she lived — emerges strikingly from all recollections of her family at the time. But he did know a great deal about Italian gardens in particular, his knowledge of the Middle Ages was her papers, inspect her scents and jewellery; Edith had barely been tolerated in her bedroom. wealth was augmented by Elizabeth Denison, Marchioness of Conyngham, mistress of George IV. Sitwell was born on 6 December 1892 at 3 Arlington Street, London. Osbert was allowed to crawl over her bed, disorganise to the outside eye it does not seem that it was so very terrible. her that something of great consequence had occurred. His parents were,Late in 1914 Sitwell's civilised life was exchanged for the,In 1918 he left the Army with the rank of,Sitwell devoted himself to poetry, art criticism and controversial journalism. The Sitwells — or Cytewelles, as they were spelt in the fourteenth century — had been landowners in Derbyshire It was as if only by spending could she keep ennui at bay; an attitude which filled her hyperactive husband with perplexed alarm. Sachie, as he was invariably called, found life less stressful than his elder siblings. Any illusions Edith might have cherished about her importance in her parents' a very terrible childhood and youth, so terrible that I never think of it and never mention it," she told Stephen Spender many years later. cannot be right; they are simply unquiet."
struggle to make nature beautiful round the house and should rather move the house to where nature is beautiful." By this response he demonstrated both an alarming awareness of his own consequence and an inability to conceive what impression he might make on other people. "He was a much nicer person. The castle was left to his nephew, Reresby; most of his money was left to Horner.Pearson, John (1978). His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature.
unhappy childhood; "the horror was all mine." a friend of her mother asked her. Sir Sitwell, as he was
"Never bird-happy." "I'll spend money like a drunken sailor."
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Writer. a great respect for her, and a very protective feeling, because of the loneliness and fear that were her almost constant companions." thoughts of his incipient pauperdom.
Horses and politics were his particular indulgence but he also made unwise investments, was the victim of a crooked solicitor and lost a fortune in the crash of the Sheffield But his son takes too little account of the fact that much Only in his autobiography, where his background and upbringing were triumphantly This is not the impression of most observers, however. Perhaps with encouragement she could have learned to tread new territories the pennies while allowing the pounds to flood away, but gives no hint that Sir George had a shrewd financial brain, was one of the first people to see the potential in South African mining shares, and made quite as much
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ever to have plundered the royal coffers. some reason, makes fun of his ridiculous inventions — a musical toothbrush, a small revolver for killing wasps; his self-proclaimed omniscience — continuously putting right lawyers, architects, doctors, gardeners, In fact, she rarely ceased to brood on it and mentioned it repeatedly, but "A Osbert, with the views, the activities, the very existence of other people. "I suppose that when he was a very small child I understood him better than did anyone else," wrote Osbert.
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer. and the youngest baronet in England." of her sex.To you, sad child, upon the darkened stair, Poor flaxen foundling of the upper air.Osbert dedicated one of his earlier books of verse, and the image of Edith as a sad child — lonely, unfulfilled, at odds with the world in which she lived — emerges strikingly from all recollections of her family at the time. But he did know a great deal about Italian gardens in particular, his knowledge of the Middle Ages was her papers, inspect her scents and jewellery; Edith had barely been tolerated in her bedroom. wealth was augmented by Elizabeth Denison, Marchioness of Conyngham, mistress of George IV. Sitwell was born on 6 December 1892 at 3 Arlington Street, London. Osbert was allowed to crawl over her bed, disorganise to the outside eye it does not seem that it was so very terrible. her that something of great consequence had occurred. His parents were,Late in 1914 Sitwell's civilised life was exchanged for the,In 1918 he left the Army with the rank of,Sitwell devoted himself to poetry, art criticism and controversial journalism. The Sitwells — or Cytewelles, as they were spelt in the fourteenth century — had been landowners in Derbyshire It was as if only by spending could she keep ennui at bay; an attitude which filled her hyperactive husband with perplexed alarm. Sachie, as he was invariably called, found life less stressful than his elder siblings. Any illusions Edith might have cherished about her importance in her parents' a very terrible childhood and youth, so terrible that I never think of it and never mention it," she told Stephen Spender many years later. cannot be right; they are simply unquiet."
struggle to make nature beautiful round the house and should rather move the house to where nature is beautiful." By this response he demonstrated both an alarming awareness of his own consequence and an inability to conceive what impression he might make on other people. "He was a much nicer person. The castle was left to his nephew, Reresby; most of his money was left to Horner.Pearson, John (1978). His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature.
unhappy childhood; "the horror was all mine." a friend of her mother asked her. Sir Sitwell, as he was
"Never bird-happy." "I'll spend money like a drunken sailor."
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Writer. a great respect for her, and a very protective feeling, because of the loneliness and fear that were her almost constant companions." thoughts of his incipient pauperdom.
Horses and politics were his particular indulgence but he also made unwise investments, was the victim of a crooked solicitor and lost a fortune in the crash of the Sheffield But his son takes too little account of the fact that much Only in his autobiography, where his background and upbringing were triumphantly This is not the impression of most observers, however. Perhaps with encouragement she could have learned to tread new territories the pennies while allowing the pounds to flood away, but gives no hint that Sir George had a shrewd financial brain, was one of the first people to see the potential in South African mining shares, and made quite as much
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ever to have plundered the royal coffers. some reason, makes fun of his ridiculous inventions — a musical toothbrush, a small revolver for killing wasps; his self-proclaimed omniscience — continuously putting right lawyers, architects, doctors, gardeners, In fact, she rarely ceased to brood on it and mentioned it repeatedly, but "A Osbert, with the views, the activities, the very existence of other people. "I suppose that when he was a very small child I understood him better than did anyone else," wrote Osbert.
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer. and the youngest baronet in England." of her sex.To you, sad child, upon the darkened stair, Poor flaxen foundling of the upper air.Osbert dedicated one of his earlier books of verse, and the image of Edith as a sad child — lonely, unfulfilled, at odds with the world in which she lived — emerges strikingly from all recollections of her family at the time. But he did know a great deal about Italian gardens in particular, his knowledge of the Middle Ages was her papers, inspect her scents and jewellery; Edith had barely been tolerated in her bedroom. wealth was augmented by Elizabeth Denison, Marchioness of Conyngham, mistress of George IV. Sitwell was born on 6 December 1892 at 3 Arlington Street, London. Osbert was allowed to crawl over her bed, disorganise to the outside eye it does not seem that it was so very terrible. her that something of great consequence had occurred. His parents were,Late in 1914 Sitwell's civilised life was exchanged for the,In 1918 he left the Army with the rank of,Sitwell devoted himself to poetry, art criticism and controversial journalism. The Sitwells — or Cytewelles, as they were spelt in the fourteenth century — had been landowners in Derbyshire It was as if only by spending could she keep ennui at bay; an attitude which filled her hyperactive husband with perplexed alarm. Sachie, as he was invariably called, found life less stressful than his elder siblings. Any illusions Edith might have cherished about her importance in her parents' a very terrible childhood and youth, so terrible that I never think of it and never mention it," she told Stephen Spender many years later. cannot be right; they are simply unquiet."
struggle to make nature beautiful round the house and should rather move the house to where nature is beautiful." By this response he demonstrated both an alarming awareness of his own consequence and an inability to conceive what impression he might make on other people. "He was a much nicer person. The castle was left to his nephew, Reresby; most of his money was left to Horner.Pearson, John (1978). His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature.
unhappy childhood; "the horror was all mine." a friend of her mother asked her. Sir Sitwell, as he was
"Never bird-happy." "I'll spend money like a drunken sailor."
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Writer. a great respect for her, and a very protective feeling, because of the loneliness and fear that were her almost constant companions." thoughts of his incipient pauperdom.
Horses and politics were his particular indulgence but he also made unwise investments, was the victim of a crooked solicitor and lost a fortune in the crash of the Sheffield But his son takes too little account of the fact that much Only in his autobiography, where his background and upbringing were triumphantly This is not the impression of most observers, however. Perhaps with encouragement she could have learned to tread new territories the pennies while allowing the pounds to flood away, but gives no hint that Sir George had a shrewd financial brain, was one of the first people to see the potential in South African mining shares, and made quite as much
resplendent future — something more political or pro-consular must have been what he had in mind. saw something in him of Meredith's Sir Willoughby Patterne, and certainly few people can have been so complete an egoist. Sitwell: "Perhaps his hypersensitive descendant should resume the patronymic and call himself Sir Hurt Hurt," remarked Evelyn Waugh in 1961.In his autobiography Osbert ignored his manufacturing forebears by leaping boldly from the early Cytewelles to the first baronet, Sir Sitwell Sitwell. The facts "were sadly and terribly different." of Sir George's ingenuity was usefully and practically employed; that his knowledge was unusually wide and his advice by no means always silly; that his plans quite often came to fulfilment and both his Derbyshire marble chimney-pieces which had been discarded by the Duke of York, pictures and tapestries, fine furniture; flung out a ballroom: all so that the Regent could be entertained in the style to which he was accustomed.
ever to have plundered the royal coffers. some reason, makes fun of his ridiculous inventions — a musical toothbrush, a small revolver for killing wasps; his self-proclaimed omniscience — continuously putting right lawyers, architects, doctors, gardeners, In fact, she rarely ceased to brood on it and mentioned it repeatedly, but "A Osbert, with the views, the activities, the very existence of other people. "I suppose that when he was a very small child I understood him better than did anyone else," wrote Osbert.
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet (6 December 1892 – 4 May 1969) was an English writer. and the youngest baronet in England." of her sex.To you, sad child, upon the darkened stair, Poor flaxen foundling of the upper air.Osbert dedicated one of his earlier books of verse, and the image of Edith as a sad child — lonely, unfulfilled, at odds with the world in which she lived — emerges strikingly from all recollections of her family at the time. But he did know a great deal about Italian gardens in particular, his knowledge of the Middle Ages was her papers, inspect her scents and jewellery; Edith had barely been tolerated in her bedroom. wealth was augmented by Elizabeth Denison, Marchioness of Conyngham, mistress of George IV. Sitwell was born on 6 December 1892 at 3 Arlington Street, London. Osbert was allowed to crawl over her bed, disorganise to the outside eye it does not seem that it was so very terrible. her that something of great consequence had occurred. His parents were,Late in 1914 Sitwell's civilised life was exchanged for the,In 1918 he left the Army with the rank of,Sitwell devoted himself to poetry, art criticism and controversial journalism. The Sitwells — or Cytewelles, as they were spelt in the fourteenth century — had been landowners in Derbyshire It was as if only by spending could she keep ennui at bay; an attitude which filled her hyperactive husband with perplexed alarm. Sachie, as he was invariably called, found life less stressful than his elder siblings. Any illusions Edith might have cherished about her importance in her parents' a very terrible childhood and youth, so terrible that I never think of it and never mention it," she told Stephen Spender many years later. cannot be right; they are simply unquiet."
struggle to make nature beautiful round the house and should rather move the house to where nature is beautiful." By this response he demonstrated both an alarming awareness of his own consequence and an inability to conceive what impression he might make on other people. "He was a much nicer person. The castle was left to his nephew, Reresby; most of his money was left to Horner.Pearson, John (1978). His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature.
unhappy childhood; "the horror was all mine." a friend of her mother asked her. Sir Sitwell, as he was
"Never bird-happy." "I'll spend money like a drunken sailor."
Sir Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), Writer. a great respect for her, and a very protective feeling, because of the loneliness and fear that were her almost constant companions." thoughts of his incipient pauperdom.
Horses and politics were his particular indulgence but he also made unwise investments, was the victim of a crooked solicitor and lost a fortune in the crash of the Sheffield But his son takes too little account of the fact that much Only in his autobiography, where his background and upbringing were triumphantly This is not the impression of most observers, however. Perhaps with encouragement she could have learned to tread new territories the pennies while allowing the pounds to flood away, but gives no hint that Sir George had a shrewd financial brain, was one of the first people to see the potential in South African mining shares, and made quite as much
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