 | 1771 - 882 pagina’s
...of mere Ikin and bone, as that of M. de Voltaire. He complained of decrepitude, and faid hefuppofed I was curious to form an idea of the figure of one...death. However his eyes and whole countenance are ftill full of fire; and though Jo emaciated, a more lively expreflioii cannot be imagined. Heenquired... | |
 | 1857 - 854 pagina’s
...mere skin and bone, as that of M. de Voltaire. He complained of decrepitude, and said, he supposed I was curious to form an idea of the figure of one...death. However his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire j and though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be imagined. He enquired... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 818 pagina’s
...Extremely lean old Gentleman ! ' He complained ' of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form ' an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, ' his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; and April 1776. ' though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be ' imagined.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 810 pagina’s
...Extremely lean old Gentleman ! ' He complained ' of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form * an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, ' his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; and April 1776. ' though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be ' imagined.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1865 - 808 pagina’s
...Extremely lean old Gentleman ! ' He complained ' of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form ' an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, ' his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; an" April 1776. ' though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be ' imagined.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1866 - 640 pagina’s
...Voltaire." Extremely lean old Gentleman! " He complained of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire; and though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be imagined. " He inquired... | |
 | Edward Bruce Hamley - 1877 - 252 pagina’s
...of M. de Voltaire. He complained of decrepitude (he was then 76) and said, He supposed I was anxious to form an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; and though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be imagined." He then... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1877 - 512 pagina’s
...M. de Voltaire, seen by him at Ferney in 1776 ; and the patriarch supposed his visitor was " anxious to form An idea of the figure of one walking after death." The shrunk and shrivelled Mr. Pentweazle of fiction is pictured as looking more like those preparations... | |
 | James Parton - 1881 - 684 pagina’s
...of mere skin and bone as that of M. de Voltaire. He complained of decrepitude, and said he supposed I was curious to form an idea of the figure of one...death. However, his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire, and, though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be imagined. " He inquired... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 570 pagina’s
...Extremely lean old Gentleman ! " He complained of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form an idea of the figure of one walking after...death. However, his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; and though so emaciated, a more lively expression cannot be imagined. " He inquired... | |
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Extremely lean old Gentleman ! " He complained of decrepitude, and said, He supposed I was anxious to form an idea of the figure of one walking after death. However, his eyes and whole countenance are still full of fire ; and though so emaciated, a more... 
