| 1853 - 640 páginas
...and patches. Her mien surpasses the imagina'tion of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity. Her way of address to people, more than necessarily... | |
| John Evelyn - 1852 - 460 páginas
...and patches. Her mien surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity. Her way of address to people, more than necessarily... | |
| John Evelyn - 1863 - 618 páginas
...mien surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; ner gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous stretching out of her hands, twinkling of lier eves, and various gestures of approbation, show what may be expected from her discourse, which... | |
| John Evelyn - 1879 - 530 páginas
...and patches. Her mieti surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity. Her way of address to people, more 1 This letter... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 330 páginas
...four walls. . . Her mien surpasses the imagination of poets or the descriptions of romance heroine's greatness; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...what may be expected from her discourse, which is airy, empty, whimsical, and rambling as her books, aiming at science difficulties, high notions, terminating... | |
| Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1880 - 342 páginas
...her eyes, and various gestures of approbation, show what may be expected from her discourse, which is airy, empty, whimsical, and rambling as her books, aiming at science difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity." Pepys's summing up of the Duchess's character... | |
| John Evelyn - 1891 - 540 páginas
...patches. Her inier, surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity. Her way of address to people, more 1 This letter... | |
| John Evelyn - 1906 - 500 páginas
...and patches. Her mien surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating commonly in nonsense, oaths, and obscenity." Mrs. Evelyn paints a full-length ; but a kit-cat... | |
| John Evelyn - 1906 - 556 páginas
...four walls. . . . Her mien surpasses the imagination of poets or the descriptions of romance heroine's greatness ; her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...what may be expected from her discourse, which is airy, empty, whimsical, and rambling as her books, aiming at science, difficulties, high notions, terminating... | |
| Myra Reynolds - 1920 - 542 páginas
...and patches. Her mein surpasses the imagination of poets, or the descriptions of a romance heroine's greatness : her gracious bows, seasonable nods, courteous...discourse, which is as airy, empty, whimsical and 1 Life of Duke and Duchess of Newcastle (ed. Frith), p. xxxi. 1 Scott, Sir Walter: Peveril of the Peak,... | |
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