 | 1831 - 652 pages
...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...; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the naiJs bitten and pared to the quick. We see... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pages
...tall thin form of Langten ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Canick ; Cibl en tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foieground is that sirange figure, which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...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,...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 body, the huge massy... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 pages
...are the spectacles of Burke; and the tall thin form of Laiiglon ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his...and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foregrovmd is that strange figure, which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and -LUsy 3B G, 咾 ) hq i6(ؒG I3 Q j 8 3 fignre which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up — the... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon topping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...; 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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon rapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with scars of disease ; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings ; the gray wig, with the scorched foretop... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...are the spectacles of Burke and the tall tliin form of Langten; the courtly sneer of Beauclei k and the bounden duty of government to encourage ingenious...men to perfect an invention which so directly tends a scorched furetop ; the dirty hands, the nails binen and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...are the ' spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Lington ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk arid the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee the eyes and... | |
 | James Smith - 1853 - 448 pages
...are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon, tapping his...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... | |
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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... 
