 | Horace Walpole - 1820 - 526 páginas
...his manner. They went a party to dine on a cold loaf, and passed the day ; lady A. protests he never opened his lips but once, and then only said, " Yes, my lady, I believe so." To GEORGE MONTAGU, EsQ. Strawberry-hill, July 19, 1760. MR. Conway, as I told you, was with me at Oxford,... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1821 - 300 páginas
...be placed on the representation of Horace Waipole, who thus speaks of him in one of his letters : " I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily. All his words are measured and chosen. His writings are admirable. He himself is... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1822 - 312 páginas
...lets us into this secret when writing to another man of fashion, on such a man of genius as GRAY : " I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily; all his words are measured and chosen and formed into sentences : his writings are... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1835 - 330 páginas
...manner.' They went on a party to dine on a cold loaf, and pass'd the day. Lady A. protests he never opened his lips but once, and then only said, ' Yes, my Lady, I believe so.'" — See Walpole's Lett, to G. Montagu, p. 199. t Near Henley. grave with five fine mackerel (large... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 462 páginas
...body that proposes marrying and travelling, I think they cannot do it in a more commodious method. I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily ; all his words are measured and chosen, and formed into sentences ; his writings... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 462 páginas
...body that proposes marrying and travelling, I think they cannot do it •in a more commodious method. I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily ; all his words are measured and chosen, and formed into sentences ; his writings... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 páginas
...his manner. They went a party to dine on a cold loaf, and passed the day ; lady A. protests he never opened his lips but once, and then only said, " Yes, my lady, I believe so." To GEORGE MONTAGU, Esq. Strawberry-hill, July 19,1760. MR. Conway, as I told you, was with me at Oxford,... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 páginas
...his manner. They went a party to dine on a cold loaf, and passed the day ; lady A. protests he never opened his lips but once, and then only said, " Yes, my lady, I believe so." To GEORGE MONTAGU, Esq. Strawberry-hill, July 19, 176O. MR. Conway, as I told you, was with me at Oxford,... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1839 - 418 páginas
...lets us into this secret when writing to another man of fashion, on such a man of genius as GRAY : " I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily; all his words are measured and chosen and formed into sentences : his writings are... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 462 páginas
...lets us into this secret when writing to another man of fashion, on such a man of genius as GRAY : " I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about...reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily; all his words are measured and chosen, and formed into sentences : his writings are... | |
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I agree with you most absolutely in your opinion about Gray ; he is the worst company in the world. From a melancholy turn, from living reclusely, and from a little too much dignity, he never converses easily. All his words are measured and chosen, and... 
