His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than... Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Side 1791875Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| James Boswell - 1799 - 640 sider
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...his French was, if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, i. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters, iv. 426)... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 sider
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...his French was. if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, \. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters, iv. 426):... | |
| Francis Hardy - 1810 - 480 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. Ills face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any...laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. Though now near fifty years old, he was healthy and... | |
| 1811 - 550 sider
...the faculties of his •mind in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and flat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than...laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. Though now near fifty years old, he was healthy and... | |
| 1812 - 560 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any...the corpulence of his whole person was far better suited to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating aiders ian, than that of a refined philosopher. His... | |
| 1811 - 600 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his jnind, in the unmeaning katures of his visage. His face was broad .and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than vth;tt of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was... | |
| 1811 - 546 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression thaiv that of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person... | |
| Francis Hardy - 1812 - 446 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any...more laughable; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. Though now near fifty years old, he was healthy and... | |
| Francis Hardy - 1812 - 450 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any...communicate the idea of a turtle-eating Alderman, than of a refmed philosopher. His speech, in English, was rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scotch accent,... | |
| Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 sider
...the smallest trace of the faculties of his mind, in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat. his mouth wide, and without any...the corpulence of his whole person was far better suited to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than that of a refined philosopher. His... | |
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