 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pàgines
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...his French was. if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, \. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters, iv. 426):... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pàgines
...vii. He never mastered French colloquially. Lord Charlemont, who met him in Turin in 1748, says: — 'His speech in English was rendered ridiculous by...his French was, if possible, still more laughable.' Hardy's Charlemont, i. 15. Horace Waipole, who met him in Paris in 1765, writes (Letters, iv. 426)... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pàgines
...his visage. 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 suited to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating aiders ian, than that of a refined philosopher. His... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pàgines
...his visage. His face was broad .and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than vth;tt of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far belter fitted to comrhunicate the Idea c,fa turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined philosopher.... | |
 | Francis Hardy - 1812 - 450 pàgines
...his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and...communicate the idea of a turtle-eating Alderman, than of a refmed philosopher. His speech, in English, was rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scotch accent,... | |
 | 1812 - 1038 pàgines
...imbciility. Hi* eyes, vacant and spirilles«, and the corpulrnce of his whole person was far Ы-tter fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating...English, was rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scotch nc«•enl, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable; so that wisdom, most certainly,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 pàgines
...his visage. 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 suited to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than that of a refined philosopher. His... | |
 | 1813 - 670 pàgines
...his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless, and...rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scotch accent, and hb French was, if possible, still more laughable; »o that wisdom, most certainly, never disguised... | |
 | 1813 - 554 pàgines
...face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other Vol. J. 2D E». .48 expression than that of imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and...turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher. Ilis speech, in English, was rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scotch accent, and his French was,... | |
 | 1818 - 384 pàgines
...his visage. His face was broad and flat, 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 fitting to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than of a refined philosopher. His speech,... | |
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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 of a refined philosopher. 
