 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
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 136 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,...figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of 25 those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1904 - 136 pages
...in his ear. In the foreground is chat strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of 25 those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic...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 - 1903 - 152 pages
...in his ear. In the foreground is chat strange figure which is as familiar to us as the figures of 25 those among whom we have been brought up, the gigantic...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... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - English literature - 1906 - 806 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...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth... | |
 | John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - English language - 1907 - 520 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,...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
 | John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - English language - 1907 - 524 pages
...the tall, thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of tiarrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - Authors, English - 1908 - 610 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,...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1913 - 824 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...body, the huge massy face, seamed with the scars of 1 It is proper to observe that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the Rambler... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - English literature - 1914 - 488 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,...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - Books - 1914 - 524 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...with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black 1 It is proper to observe that this passage bears a very close resemblance to a passage in the Rambler... | |
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