| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1897 - 812 pages
..." Disraeli," writes an American traveller, who crossed the Atlantic before steamships were built, " has one of the most remarkable faces I ever saw. He...his action and the strength of his lungs, would seem to be a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking, lying-in-wait... | |
| Literature - 1852 - 644 pages
...neck and pockets, served tu make him, even in the dim light, rather a conspicuous object. Disraeli has one of the most remarkable faces I ever saw ;...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1852 - 568 pages
...felt that he was only an observer in the party. D'Israeli has one of the most remarkable faces 1 eyer saw. He is lividly pale, and but for the energy of...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lyingin-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1852 - 570 pages
...the party. D'Israeli has one of the most remarkable faces 1 ever saw. D'ISRAELT— THE YOUNGER. 493 He is lividly pale, and but for the energy of his...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lyingin-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1853 - 556 pages
...evidently felt that he was only an observer in the party. D'lsraeli has one of the most remarkable faces 1 ever saw. He is lividly pale, and but for the energy...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lyingin-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - Authors, Irish - 1855 - 580 pages
...neck and pockets, served to make him, even in the dim light, rather a conspicuous object. D'Israeli has one of the most remarkable faces I ever saw. He...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable .... ' His... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - Authors, Irish - 1855 - 562 pages
...neck and pockets, served to make him, even in the dim light, rather a conspicuous object. D'Israeli has one of the most remarkable faces I ever saw. He...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable .... f'... | |
| 1855 - 700 pages
...his neck and pockets, served to make him, even in the dim light, rather a conspicuous object. * * * He is lividly pale, and, but for the energy of his...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| 1855 - 688 pages
...his neck and pockets. served to make him, even in the dim light, rather a conspicuous object. * * * He is lividly pale, and, but for the energy of his...lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking andjying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1855 - 550 pages
...energy of his action and the strength of his lungs, would seem a victim to consumption. His eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. . . . " His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet black ringlets falls... | |
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