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, reprinted from the Edinburgh review - Page 198by Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays]) - 1874Full view - About this book
| 1831 - 652 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the naiJs bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches ; we... | |
| Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...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 - English essays - 1840 - 516 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly saeer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...; the brown 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in...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 - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...form of Laiiglon ; 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 foregrovmd is that strange figure, which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping j 8 3 fignre which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up — the... | |
| 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... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...tliin form of Langten; the courtly sneer of Beauclei k and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping ingenious men to perfect an invention which so directly tends gray wig with a scorched furetop ; the dirty hands, the nails binen and pared to the quick. We see... | |
| English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...form of Lington ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk arid the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping ut a mannerism which does not sit easy on the mannerist,...such is the mannerism of Jahnson. The characteristic gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon rapping his snuifbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his car. In the foreground is that strange figure, which is...have been brought up — the gigantic body, the huge inassy face, seamed with scars of disease ; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings ; the gray... | |
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