 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1838 - 702 pages
...gray wig with the scorched foretop; the diny hands, with the nails bitten and pared to the quick. \Ve see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches...it puffing; and then comes the 'Why, sir ?' and the ' \Vhat then, sir?' and the ' No, sir!' and the ' You don't see your way llnough the question, sir!'... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - World history - 1843 - 776 pages
...the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, with the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches ; we sec the heavy form rolling ; we hear it puffing ; and then comes the ' Why, sir '(' and the ' What... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop; the dirty hands, the nails l into the hands of the Mahrattas, and was put to death, at the instigation probably of sirt" and the "No, sir!" and the "You dont see your way through the question, sir !" What a singular... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and nose moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy..." You don't see your way through the question, sir !" DR. CHALMERS'S INDUSTRY. IN October, 1841, Dr. Chalmers commenced two series of biblical compositions,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. "We see the eyes and nose moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy..."You don't see your way through the question, sir !" — Macaulay. INVITATION TO DINNER. The following, one of the latest unpublished productions of... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We »ee the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches;..."No, sir !" and the " You dont see your way through (he question, sir !" What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man! To be regarded in... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched furetop ; the dirty hands, the nails binen and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth...the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then conies the "Why, sir!" and the "What then, sirt" and the "No, sir !" and the "You dont see your way... | |
 | James Smith - Art - 1853 - 448 pages
...scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and nose moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy...' You don't see your way through the question, sir ! ' " Among living artists and authors, the bond of friendship continues to exist as strongly, as between... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and nose moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy form rolling ; we hear it purring ; and then comes the "Why, sir?" and the "What then, sir?" and the " No, sir !" and the " You... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with a scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we s«e the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the "Why, lir!" and the "What then,... | |
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... wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the " Why, sir ! 
