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 - Page 151by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1831 - 652 pages
...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,...; 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 - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...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...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop; the diny hands, with the nails bitten and pared to the quick. \Ve see the eyes... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foregrovmd is that strange figure, which is as familiar to us...gigantic body ; the huge massy face-, seamed with scars of disease ; the browu coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange fignre adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see...is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad foretop; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving... | |
| Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 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 - Anecdotes - 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... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...the ' spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Lington ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk arid the ith the mannerism of Milton or of Burke. But a mannerism...such is the mannerism of Jahnson. The characteristic foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee the eyes and mouth moving... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...the spectacles of Burke and the tall tliin form of Langten; the courtly sneer of Beauclei k and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched furetop ; the dirty hands, the nails binen and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving... | |
| James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...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 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... | |
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