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 body, the huge massy face, seamed with... Macaulay's Life of Samuel Johnson - Page 59by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 636 pages
...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...worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched fort-top, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving... | |
| Mildred Lewis Rutherford - 1906 - 806 pages
...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...disease, the brown 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... | |
| Emogene Sanford Simons - 1906 - 218 pages
...disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirt;/ hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the "Why,... | |
| Emogene Sanford Simons - 1906 - 220 pages
...express entirely. Notice the choice of adjectives in the following: There is the gigantic body, the huge face seamed with the scars of disease, the brown 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... | |
| John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - 1907 - 524 pages
...massy face, seamed with the scars of disease ; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop; the dirty hands, the...pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; \ve hear it puffing ; and then comes the "... | |
| Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 610 pages
...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...disease, the brown 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... | |
| Sir Algernon West - 1908 - 282 pages
...of the phrase " A Clubbable man " must have ruined it all — that strange figure, says Macaulay, " the gigantic body, the huge massy face seamed with...the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty nails bitten to the quick, the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches, the heavy form rolling... | |
| Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 616 pages
...massy, face seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the...pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the ' Why,... | |
| William Joseph Long - 1909 - 632 pages
...the huge face seamed with the scars of disease, the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the...pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy form rolling ; we hear it puffing ; and then comes the... | |
| William Joseph Long - 1909 - 638 pages
...superstitions, and even the details of his personal appearance : There is the gigantic body, the huge face seamed with the scars of disease, the brown 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... | |
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