 | Arthur Gilman - 1870 - 262 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...coat, the 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... | |
 | 1871 - 730 pages
...are 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...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 pages
...There 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 pages
...are 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, and Sir Joshua wiih his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to us as... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...lemons for Johnson. There are assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin...; 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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1872 - 646 pages
...lemons for Johnson. There are assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin...; 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 pages
...There 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... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 pages
...and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garriok, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with 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 see... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874 - 264 pages
...form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tap. ping his snuff-box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in 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 see... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1875 - 876 pages
...There are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Bcauclerkand the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff-box...familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we hnve been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of disease, the... | |
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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... 
