 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...Scotch accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, i. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...Scotch accent, and his French was. if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, \. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters,... | |
 | Francis Hardy - Statesmen - 1810 - 480 pages
...vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating Alderman, than of a refined...Scotch accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined...Scotch accent ; and his French was, if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | 1811 - 550 pages
...vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined...Scotch accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...whole person was far better suited to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating aiders ian, than that of a refined philosopher. His speech, in English,...Scotch accent ; and his French was, if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...fitted to comrhunicate the Idea c,fa turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined philosopher. 'J-Jis speech, in English, was rendered ridiculous by the...Scotch accent ; and his French was, if possible, still more laughable; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before _in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | Francis Hardy - Ireland - 1812 - 446 pages
...vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating Alderman, than of a refined...Scotch accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable; so that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.... | |
 | Books - 1812 - 576 pages
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His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person, was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than... 
