| Ann Ward Radcliffe - Inquisition - 1797 - 384 pages
...afibciates no one loved him, many difliked him, and more feared hirri, Hi& figure was ftrikirig, but no: fo from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he fbalked along* wrapt in the black garments of his .order, there was fomething terrible in its air ;... | |
| English literature - 1820 - 240 pages
...Schedoni, which is strikingly drawn, as is his personal appearance. " His figure," says the author, " was striking, but not so from grace. It was tall,...garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air, something almost superhuman. His cowl too, as it threw a shade over the livid paleness of... | |
| Ann Radcliffe - 1820 - 238 pages
...Schedoni, which is strikingly drawn, as is his personal appearance. " His figure," says the author, " was striking, but not so from grace. It was tall,...garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air, something almost superhuman. His cowl too, as it threw a shade over the livid paleness of... | |
| 1824 - 494 pages
...Schedoni, which is strikingly drawn, as is his personal appearance. ' His figure,' says the author, ' was striking, but not so from grace. It was tall,...garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air, something almost superhuman. His cowl, too, as it threw a shade over the livid paleness of... | |
| Great Britain - 1824 - 498 pages
...Schedoni, which is strikingly drawn, as is his personal appearance. ' His figure,' says the author, ' was striking, but not so from grace. It was tall,...garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air, something almost superhuman. His cowl, too, as it threw a shade over the livid paleness of... | |
| Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1824 - 820 pages
...business upon the scene. We may take, as an example, the admirable description of the monk Schedoni. — " His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it...thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he 1 stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Novelists, English - 1825 - 554 pages
...upon the scene. We may take, as an example, the admirable description of the monk Schedoni. — « His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it...limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air; something almost... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...woe." — MBS BAIU BAUX.D.] take, as an example, the admirable description of the monk Schedoni : " His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it...limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air ; something almost... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...of woe."— Mas BARBAOLD.] take, as an example, the admirable description of the monk Schedoni : " His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it...limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air ; something almost... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...of woe." — MBS BARBiULD.] take, as an example, the admirable description of the monk Schedoni : " His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it...limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in his air ; something almost... | |
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