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" 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... "
Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Pagina 151
door Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 744 pagina’s
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 54

1831 - 652 pagina’s
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox,...; 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...
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Parallel Universal History: Being an Outline of the History and Biography of ...

Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pagina’s
...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...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop; the diny hands, with the nails bitten and pared to the quick. \Ve see the eyes...
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Containing modern history, to the outbreak of the French Revolution

Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 pagina’s
...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...gigantic body ; the huge massy face-, seamed with scars of disease ; the browu coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 2

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pagina’s
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...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...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...his snuff-box, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange fignre adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see...is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad foretop; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving...
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The London Anecdotes for All Readers ...

Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pagina’s
...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...
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The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk

Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pagina’s
...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...
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The Modern British Essayists: Macaulay, T.B. Essays

1852 - 780 pagina’s
...the ' spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Lington ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk arid the ith the mannerism of Milton or of Burke. But a mannerism...such is the mannerism of Jahnson. The characteristic foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee the eyes and mouth moving...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pagina’s
...the spectacles of Burke and the tall tliin form of Langten; the courtly sneer of Beauclei k and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuff-box,...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 moving...
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Lights and Shadows of Artist Life and Character

James Smith - 1853 - 448 pagina’s
...the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton; the courtly sneer of Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon, tapping his snuff-box,...disease; 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...
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