 | Alexander Andrews - England - 1856 - 356 pages
...Walpole, tells us that the mincing air was indispensable to the character of the fine gentleman : " He always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural — chapeau bas between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his... | |
 | ALEXANDRA ANDTEWS - 1856 - 370 pages
...Walpole, tells us that the mincing air was indispensable to the character of the fine gentleman : u He always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural — chapeau bas between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his... | |
 | Literature - 1858 - 674 pages
...portrait of him, in the act of entering a room, with that air of " affected delicacy which fashion had made almost natural — chapeau bras between his hands,...and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor." The portrait is accepted by some as though it excluded any other of this finished exquisite. The more... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1859 - 722 pages
...practised then." His entrance into a room was in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion had made almost natural, chapeau bras between his hands...and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His summer dress of ceremony was usually a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver,... | |
 | 1859 - 686 pages
...were extremely pleasant, and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait: he always entered a room in that style of affected...delicacy, which fashion had then made almost natural: chapeaux bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under arm; knees bent, and feet... | |
 | 1859 - 676 pages
...were extremely pleasant, and, if I may so say, highly gentlemanly. I do not rememlwr his common gait: he always entered a room in that style of affected...delicacy, which fashion had then made almost natural: chapeaux bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under arm ; knees bent, and feet... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1861 - 696 pages
...practised then." His entrance into a room was in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion had made almost natural, chapeau bras between his hands...and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His summer dress of ceremony was usually a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Authors, English - 1861 - 706 pages
...into a room was in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion had made almost natural, chapcau bras between his hands as if he wished to compress...and feet on tiptoe, as if afraid of a wet floor. His summer dress of ceremony was usually a lavender suit, the waistcoat embroidered with a little silver,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pages
...were extremely pleasant, and (if I may so say) highly gentlemanly. I do not remember his common gait : he always entered a room in that style of affected...delicacy which fashion had then made almost natural ; ckapeau bras between his hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent ; and... | |
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He always entered a room in that style of affected delicacy, which fashion had then made almost natural ; chapeau bras between his 'hands, as if he wished to compress it, or under his arm ; knees bent, and feet on tip-toe, as if afraid of a wet floor. 
