 | John Lubbock - English essays - 1904 - 336 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...there is an expression of great power or of great good-humour, or both, you do not regret its absence.' This picture, in which every touch is correct,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 180 pages
...friend Praed thus describes him in 1825 : " 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." But Macaulay had other deficiencies besides his lack of physical attractiveness. We are told that he... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 172 pages
...friend Praed thus describes him in 1825 : " 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." But Macaulay had other deficiencies besides his lack of physical attractiveness. We are told that he... | |
 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - Authors, English - 1908 - 612 pages
...in appearance. He was described by the poet Praed as " a short, manly figure, marvelously 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." " While conversing at tab'le," says Trevelyan, "no... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Governors - 1910 - 202 pages
...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...there is an expression of great power, or of great goodhumour, or both, you do not regret its absence.' This picture, in which every touch is correct,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 346 pages
...of Macaulay's personal appearance says, " There came up a short manly f1gure, marvelously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...there is an expression of great power, or of great good-humor, or both, you do not regret its absence." His nephew tells us that " he had a massive head,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1911 - 140 pages
...following description of Macaulay's appearance: "There came up a short manly figure marvelously upright with a bad neckcloth and one hand in his waist-coat...there is an expression of great power, or of great good-humor, or both, you do not regret its absence." Trevelyan writes: "He dressed badly but not cheaply.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English poetry - 1913 - 152 pages
...Macaulay's appearance it was once written: "There came up a short manly figure, marvelously 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." l His nephew, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, adds that... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - Copyright - 1914 - 374 pages
...marvelously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat-pocket. Of regular beauty he had 10 little to boast; but in faces where there 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,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Readers - 1899 - 120 pages
...Introduction to Knight's Quarterly Magazine: " There comes up a short manly figure, marvelously upright, with a bad neckcloth, and one hand in his waistcoat...faces where there is an expression of great power, or great good humor, or both, you do not regret its absence." This picture, in which every touch is correct,... | |
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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,... 
