 | Edmund Burke - History - 1877 - 660 pages
...two sentences of Praed : — " There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a broad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat pocket. Of...good humour, or both, you do not regret its absence." Although he dressed ill, he had always a superabundant wardrobe, and if his genius did not lie in the... | |
 | English fiction - 1823 - 474 pages
...proceeded. "Tristram Merton, come into court." There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...not regret its absence. "They were glorious days," he said, with a bend, and a look of chivalrous gallantry to the circle around him, " they were glorious... | |
 | Charles Knight - English fiction - 1823 - 548 pages
...court." There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and" one Band in his waistcoat pocket. Of regular' beauty he had...not" regret its absence. "They were glorious days," he said, with a bend, and' a look of chivalrous gallantry to the circle around' him, " they were glorious... | |
 | Henry Allon - Christianity - 1864 - 536 pages
...Tristram Merton (Macaulay), come into court." There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...expression of great power or of great good humour, or of both, you do not regret its absence. " They were glorious days," he said, with a bend and a look... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1876 - 616 pages
...introduction to public life. Praed says, " There came up a short, manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...good humour, or both, you do not regret its absence." " At Holland House, the other day," writes his sister Margaret, " Tom met Lady Lyndhurst for the first... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1873 - 364 pages
...short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoatpocket. Of regular beauty he had little to boast ; but in...expression of great power, or of great good humour, or of both, you do not regret its absence. " ' They were glorious days,' he said, with a bend, and a look... | |
 | Charles Knight - Publishers and publishing - 1874 - 508 pages
...short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoatpocket. Of regular beauty he had little to boast; but in faces...expression of great power, or of great good humour, or of both, you do not regret its absence. "' They were glorious days/ he said, with a bend, and a look... | |
 | Charles Knight - Publishers and publishing - 1874 - 516 pages
...short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoatpocket. Of regular beauty he had little to boast ; but in...expression of great power, or of great good humour, or of both, you do not regret its absence. " ' They were glorious days,' he said, with a bend, and a look... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 652 pages
...Introduction to Knight's Quarterly Magazine. " There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...is an expression of great power, or of great good humor, or both, you do not regret its absence." This picture, in which every touch is correct, tells... | |
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There came up a short manly figure, marvellously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat pocket. Of regular beauty he had little to boast ; but in faces where there is an expression of great power, or of great good humor, or both,... 
