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Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the ... - Page 109
by William Adolphus Wheeler - 1881 - 584 pages
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Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 508 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 see...
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Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay, Volume 1

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1876 - 506 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 see...
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England under the Revolution and the house of Hanover, 1688 to 1820

James Birchall - 1876 - 970 pages
...Langton, the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick, Gibbon tapping his snuff box and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the...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...
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First Steps in English Literature

Arthur Gilman - 1870 - 244 pages
...courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with -trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange...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...
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Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient ...

Thomas Whitcombe Greene - 1876 - 340 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 snuffbox,...with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is TASK TEASE. 283 that strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we...
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Selections from the Writings of Lord Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1877 - 498 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,...worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched forctop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving...
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Diprose's Anecdotes about authors and artists

John Diprose - 1878 - 336 pages
...Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffDR. CHALMERS'S INDUSTRY. 103 box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the...; 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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New History of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 pages
...There are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton, the courtly sneer of Bcauclerc and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon, tapping his...foreground is that strange figure which is as familiar to ns as the figures of those among whom we have been brought np, the gigantic body, the huge massy face...
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Patchwork

Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 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...; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig, with the scorched fore top ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We...
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Patchwork

Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 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...; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig, with the scorched fore top ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We...
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