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" Attending the funeral of a father could not be pleasant; his leg extremely bad, yet forced to stand upon it near two hours ; his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected too one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth... "
Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc - Page 114
edited by - 1818
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Literature in Letters; Or, Manners, Art, Criticism, Biography, History, and ...

James Philemon Holcombe - 1866 - 548 pages
...; his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected too one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth of the vault, into...scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, Walpole to George Montagu...
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Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third, Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - 1867 - 672 pages
...his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth of the vault, into...scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, and flung himself back...
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Lives of the Queens of England of the House of Hanover, Volume 1

Dr. Doran (John) - 1875 - 538 pages
...his face bloated and disturbed with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth of the vault, into which, in all probability, he must liimself soon descend ; think how unpleasant a situation. He bore it all with a firm and unaffected...
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Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ...

William Baptiste Scoones - 1880 - 608 pages
...his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth of the vault into...scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he came into the chapel, and flung himself back...
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Four Centuries of English Letters: Selections from the Correspondence of One ...

William Baptiste Scoones - 1880 - 644 pages
...hia face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes; and placed over the mouth of the vault into...scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he cnmc into the chapel, and flung hiruself back...
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The Poetical Works of Churchill, Parnell, and Tickell: With a Life of Each ...

Charles Churchill, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Tickell - 1880 - 724 pages
...and distorted witn his late paralytic stroke, which has affected one of his eyes ; and placed near the mouth of the vault, into which, in all probability,...descend; think how unpleasant a situation ! He bore it with a firm and unaffected countenance. This grave scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque Duke...
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The Letters of Horace Walpole: Earl of Orford, Volume 3

Horace Walpole - 1880 - 564 pages
...his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes, and placed over the mouth of the vault, into...which, in all probability, he must himself so soon deseend ; think how unpleasant a situation ! He bore it all with a firm and unaffected countenance....
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Half hours of English history, from James the first to queen Victoria ...

English history - 1881 - 888 pages
...hours, his face bloated and distorted with his hite paralytic stroke, which has affected also one of his eyes, and placed over the mouth of the vault into...scene was fully contrasted by the burlesque duke of Newcastle. He fell into a fit of crying the moment he cAine into the chapel, and flung himself back...
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The Royal Dukes and Princesses of the Family of George III: A View of Court ...

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1882 - 408 pages
...his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes ; and placed over the mouth of the vault, into...bore it all with a firm and unaffected countenance. Then returned the fear of catching cold; and the Duke of Cumberland, who was sinking with heat, felt...
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Court Life Below Stairs: Or, London Under the First Georges, L714-1760, Volume 2

Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1882 - 320 pages
...his face bloated and distorted with his late paralytic stroke, which has affected, too, one of his eyes, and placed over the mouth of the vault, into which, in all probability, he must himself soon descend ; think how unpleasant a situation! He bore it all with a firm and unaffected countenance....
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