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" House one morning, well clad, and perceived a gentleman speaking, whom I knew not, very ordinarily apparelled ; for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country tailor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember... "
Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain - Page 8
by Edmund Lodge - 1835
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 22

1806 - 448 pages
...Hood upon his little hand, which was not much larger than his collar; his hat was wibhout a hat-hand; his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close...voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervor. Yet I lived to see this very gentleman, by multiplied and good successes, and by real (but...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 2

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1807 - 784 pages
...suit, whirs seemed to have been made by an ill country taylor; his linen was plain, and" not тегу clean; and I remember a speck or two of blood upon...voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervor. Yet 1 lived to sec this very gentleman, by multiplied, and good successes, and by real (but...
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Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles the First

Sir Philip Warwick - Great Britain - 1813 - 506 pages
...a gentleman speaking, (whom I knew not,) very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth-suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country,...his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swolen and reddish, his voice sharp and untuneable, and his eloquence full of fervour, for the subject...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 3

William Harris - 1814 - 560 pages
...apparelled; for it was a plain cloth suit; which seemed to have been made by an ill country taylor ; his linen was plain, and not very clean; and I remember...countenance swoln and reddish, his voice sharp and untuneable, and 4iis eloquence full of fervour; for the • Enquiry into the Life and Writings of Homer....
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 524 pages
...of his hat into a crown ? " Sir Philip Warwick, a man of veracity, describes him in the house as " very ordinarily apparelled, for it was a plain cloth...countenance swoln and reddish, his voice sharp and untuneable, and his eloquence full of fervor." Yet " I lived (he adds) to see this very gentleman,...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued as] The ...

1833 - 636 pages
...hlood upon his little hand, which was not much larger than his collar ; his hat was without a hathand, his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance was swollen and reddish, Ms voice sharp and untunahle, and his eloquence full of fervour. Yet I lived,"...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 25

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1821 - 612 pages
...apparelled, for it was a plain cloth suit, which seemed to have been made by an ill country taylor. His linen was plain, and not very clean ; and I remember...his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance sworn, and reddish, his voice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour.' But it was more...
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The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ...

Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - Great Britain - 1821 - 304 pages
...blood upon his little hand, which was not much longer than his collar; his hat was withoat a hat band; his stature was of a good size, his sword stuck close to his side, his countenance swollen and reddish, his Toice sharp and untunable, and his eloquence full of fervour." — Lord Dighy,...
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Oliver Cromwell and His Times

Thomas Cromwell - Great Britain - 1822 - 616 pages
...blood upon his little band, which was not much larger than his collar : bis hat was without a hathand.* His stature was of a good size ; his sword stuck close...countenance swoln and reddish ; his voice sharp and untuneable ; and hit eloquence full offervovr— for the subject mat* This description of Cromwell's...
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A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I ..., Volume 3

George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 624 pages
...or others, which had tyrannized over and disgraced Christian society. Their form of ecclesiastical to his side ; his countenance swoln and reddish ; his voice sharp and untuneable ; and his eloquence foil of fervour ; for the subject matter would not bear much of reason,...
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