 by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She told me that she ' liked silent, melancholy men.  Benjamin Disraeli: An Unconventional Biography - Page 40by Wilfrid Meynell - 1903 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Benjamin Disraeli - Great Britain - 1886 - 318 pages
...words to her, of the value of which she seemed sensible. I was introduced, 'by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should * A cheap literary satirical paper of the time. think unequalled,... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - Great Britain - 1886 - 302 pages
...words to her, of the value of which she seemed sensible. I was introduced, ' by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should 2 A cheap literary satirical paper of the time. think unequalled,... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1887 - 272 pages
...words to her, of the value of which she seemed sensible. I was introduced, ' by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Biography - 1890 - 352 pages
...were a great many dames there of distinction, and no blues. I was introduced, 'by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English literature - 1904 - 432 pages
...literary satirical paper of the time. she seemed sensible. I was introduced, 'by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | English periodicals - 1903 - 638 pages
...Miss Disraeli, under date April 1832. Mr. Disraeli wrote: "I was introduced ' by particular desire ' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - Great Britain - 1908 - 444 pages
...reference to the lady is found under date April 7th, 1832 :— " I was introduced, ' by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle. Indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | Sir Henry William Lucy - Great Britain - 1908 - 436 pages
...reference to the lady is found under date April 7th, 1832:— " I was introduced, ' by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle. Indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - Great Britain - 1910 - 468 pages
...words to her, of the value of which she seemed sensible. I was introduced, ' by particular desire,' to Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle ; indeed, gifted with a volubility I should think unequalled, and of which I can convey no idea. She... | |
 | Sir Edward Clarke - Great Britain - 1926 - 336 pages
...as his colleage. In a letter to his sister he told her of the introduction ' by particular desire ' to ' Mrs. Wyndham Lewis, a pretty little woman, a flirt, and a rattle.' The impression he made upon the lady was much more favourable; and from that time he was an occasional... | |
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