Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Página 151por Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1867 - 616 páginas
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...figures of those among whom we have been brought up. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches, we see the heavy form rolling, we hear it... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...; but we may be well pleased to have one. form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...the ' brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see... | |
| Books - 1868 - 220 páginas
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and tin beaming smile of Garrick : Gibbon tapping his snuffbox,...familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have heen Drought up — the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease ; the... | |
| Arthur Gilman - 1870 - 262 páginas
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving... | |
| 1871 - 730 páginas
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall, thin form of Langton ; the courtly mien of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...us as the figures of those among whom we have been bronght up — the gigantic body, the huge, massive face, seamed with the scars of disease ; the brown... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 páginas
...are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box...familiar to us as the figures of those among whom » It is proper to observe that this The resemblance may possibly be the passage bears a vi'.ry close... | |
| 1871 - 712 páginas
...of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua wiih his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that...us as the figures of those among whom we have been bronght up — the gigantic body, the huge, massive face, seamed with the scars of disease ; the brown... | |
| John Timbs - 1872 - 646 páginas
...are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 328 páginas
...are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box...disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We sec... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 446 páginas
...and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Beanclerc and the beaming smile of Garrlck; Gibbon, tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
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