 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...  Shaw's New History of English Literature - Page 254by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1874 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 652 pages
...the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his...; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the naiJs bitten and pared to the quick. We see... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...tall thin form of Langten ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Canick ; Cibl en tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foieground is that sirange figure, which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 512 pages
...the tall thin form of Laugton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 410 pages
...and the tall thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with...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... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...the tall thin form of Laiiglon ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foregrovmd is that strange figure, which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk and the beaming smile of Garrick; (ؒG I3 Q j 8 3 fignre which is as familiar to us as the figures of those among whom we have been brought up — the... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon topping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...; 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... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon rapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his...the gigantic body, the huge massy face, seamed with scars of disease ; the brown coat, the black worsted stockings ; the gray wig, with the scorched foretop... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...the tall thin form of Lington ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk arid the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee the eyes and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...and the tall tliin form of Langten; the courtly sneer of Beauclei k and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched furetop ; the dirty hands, the nails binen and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth... | |
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