 | 206 pages
...Miss Hawkins. " His figure was not merely tall, but more properly, long and slender to excess ; his complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most...and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember hi* common gait ; he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 pages
...unhealthy paleness. His eyei were remarkably bright and penetrating, very dark and lively : — his vqice was not strong, but his tones were extremely pleasant,...and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait : lie always entered я room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 490 pages
...century : — " His figure was not merely tall, but more properly long and slender to excess ; his complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most...and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait ; he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion... | |
 | John Forster - 1854 - 572 pages
...' and particularly his hands, of a most unhealthy paleness. I speak of him before ' the year 1772. His eyes were remarkably bright and penetrating, very...and ' if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait ; he ' always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion... | |
 | 1859 - 686 pages
...the year 1772— ' His figure was not merely tall, but more properly long and slender to excess: his complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most...and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait: he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 386 pages
...complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most unhealthy paleness. I speak of him before the year 1772. His eyes were remarkably bright and penetrating, very...and (if I may so say) highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait: he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Literature - 1863 - 332 pages
...complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most unhealthy paleness. I speak of him before the year 1772. His eyes were remarkably bright and penetrating, very...and (if I may so say) highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait : he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pages
...him before the year 1772. His eyes were remarkably bright and penetrating, very dark and lively : hia voice was not strong ; but his tones were extremely...and (if I may so say) highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait : he always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1871 - 832 pages
...residence at Twickenham, "was not merely tall, lint, more properly, long and slender to excess ; his complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most...and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember bis common gait. He always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1871 - 836 pages
...residence at Twickenham, "was not merely tall, bnt, more properly, long and slender to excels ; his complexion, and particularly his hands, of a most...unhealthy paleness. His eyes were remarkably bright nnd penetrating, very dark and lively; hi« voice was not strong, but his tones were extremely pleasant,... | |
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His eyes were remarkably bright and penetrating, very dark and lively : his voice was not strong, but his tones were extremely pleasant, and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait ; he always entered a room in that style... 
