 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 702 pages
...kiss from a woman, and the gold chain off her neck, taking all he could from woman or man, and having, as I have said, this of the godlike in him, that he...bitterest personal enemies in it, amounted to a sort of rage—nay, the very officers who cursed him in their hearts were among the most frantic to cheer him.... | |
 | 1852 - 516 pages
...kiss from a woman, and the gold chain off her neck, taking all he could from woman or man, and having, as I have said, this of the god-like in him, that...face, and felt that his will made them irresistible. And now for Mr. Thackeray's justification. His " hero," Esmond, says: Should a child of mine take the... | |
 | English literature - 1852 - 524 pages
...haughty, be humble, threaten, repent, weep, grasp your hand, or stab you whenever he saw occasion)—But yet those of the army who knew him best and had suffered...face, and felt that his will made them irresistible. And now for Mr. Thackeray's justification. His " hero," Esmond, says: Should a child of mine take the... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1853 - 814 pages
...minister or a monarch; 1« haughty, be humble, threaten, repent, weep, grasp your hand or stab y<m, whenever he saw occasion. — But yet those of the...face, and felt that his will made them irresistible. Afu-r the great victory of Blenheim the enthusiasm of the army for the Duke, even of his bitterest... | |
 | 1853 - 776 pages
...most from him, admired him most of all ; and as he rode along the lines to battle, or galloped up at the nick of time to a battalion reeling from before...calm of his face, and felt that his will made them irresist* ible." Myths of the Minstrel. By Estellt Anna i.-.wix, Author of Records of the Heart, Child... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pages
...a battalion, reeling from before the enemy's charge or shot, the fainting men and officers go t now courage as they saw the splendid calm of his face, and felt that his will made them 73 Colonel Esmond — the wars being over — retires from the army, and mingles at home with the great... | |
 | Christianity - 1856 - 538 pages
...humble, threaten, repent, weep, grasp your hand, or stab you, whenever he saw the occasion.)—But yet those of the army who knew him best and had suffered...calm of his face and felt that his will made them irresistible.'—Thackeray's Esmond^ against Halifax, and Danby, 1 and Sunderland, 2 as against Churchill... | |
 | 1856 - 542 pages
...; be haughty, be humble, threaten, repent, weep, grasp your hand, or stab you, whenever he saw the occasion.) — But yet those of the army who knew...they saw the splendid calm of his face and felt that hia will made them irresistible.' — Tltackeray's E&mond.] against Halifax, and Danby,1 and Sunderland,'... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Great Britain - 1858 - 492 pages
...smilea alike, and whenever need was for using this cheap coin. He would cringe to a shoeblack, as- ho would flatter a minister or a monarch ; be haughty,...they saw the splendid calm of his face, and felt that hia will made them irresistible. After the great victory of Blepheim th*-enthuasisni of the army for... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 504 pages
...up in the nick of time to a battalion reeling from before the enemy's charge or shot, the feinting men and officers got new courage as they saw the splendid...irresistible. After the great victory of Blenheim the enthuasism of the army for the Duke, eren of his bitterest personal enemies in it, amounted to a sort... | |
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... yet those of the army, who knew him best and had suffered most from him, admired him most of all: and as he rode along the lines to battle or galloped up in the nick of time to a battalion reeling from before the enemy's charge or shot, the fainting... 
