Clarissa, and are infected by it, you can't leave it. When I was in India, I passed one hot season at the hills, and there were the governor-general, and the secretary of government, and the commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me... Sex Expression in Literature - Page 136by Victor Francis Calverton - 1926 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1868 - 506 pages
...soon as they began to read it the whole station was in a passion of excitement about Miss Harlovve and her misfortunes, and her scoundrelly Lovelace...and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears." ' In a position where people had no excitement to fall back upon or look forward to, as was the case... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 316 pages
...of government, and the Commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me; and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...He acted the whole scene; he paced up and down the Athenaeum library, I dare say he could have spoken pages of the book—of that book, and of what countless... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 418 pages
...of government, and the commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me; and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...He acted the whole scene; he paced up and down the Athenaeum library; I dare say he could have spoken pages of the book—of that book, and of what countless... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1829 - 754 pages
...of government, and the commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...He acted the whole scene : he paced up and down the Athenaeum library : I dare say he could have spoken pages of the book — of that book, and of what... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1868 - 370 pages
...Commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me ; and as soon as they began to read it, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief-justice could not read it for tears!" No one who is familiar with Clarissa can wonder at Macaulay's... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1868 - 372 pages
...Commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me ; and as soon as they began to read it, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief-justice could not read it for tears!" No one who is familiar with Clarissa can wonder at Macaulay... | |
| S.E.H. CHAMBERS - 1869 - 452 pages
...Government, and the Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa' with me: and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...He acted the whole scene: he paced up and down the " Athenaeum " library : I dare say he could have spoken pages of the book—of that book, and of what... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 450 pages
...Government, and the Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa ' with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...He acted the whole scene : he paced up and down the " Athenaaum " library : I dare say he could have spoken pages of the book — of that book, and of... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 444 pages
...Government, and the Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa' with me: and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion...and her misfortunes, and her scoundrelly Lovelace I The Governor's wife seized the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could... | |
| William Forsyth - 1871 - 352 pages
...Clarissa ' one hot season at the hills in India, " the whole station was in a passion of excitement .... the Governor's wife seized the book, and the Secretary...and the Chief- Justice could not read it for tears." One enthusiastic admirer in the last century went so far as to say, that if all other books were to... | |
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