 | 1868 - 800 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...speaking, and with his eyes fixed for an hour together." It was in the silence that his heart burned. When Parliament met again, and Walpole had the daily struggle... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1833 - 436 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended, nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up, will... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1833 - 466 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended, nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up, will... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1841 - 464 pàgines
...was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow " now never dozes above an hour without waking ; and he, who at '' dinner always forgot he was Minister,...together. Judge if this is " the Sir Robert you knew (4) !" Yet in public life his energy and courage were wholly unabated, and he thought only of schemes... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 594 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended ; nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 592 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together. Judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew. The politics of the age are entirely suspended ; nothing is mentioned ; but this bottling them up,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 488 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he who at dinner always forgot he was minister,...together : judge if this is the Sir Robert you knew." Again Horace Walpole writes to Sir Horace Man, 29th May, 1744, " My father has been extremely ill from... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 524 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1848 - 488 pàgines
...frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains,) now never sleeps above an hour without waking; and he, who at dinner always forgot he was minister, and was more gay and thoughtless than all the company, now sits without speaking and with his eyes fixed for an hour together. Judge if this... | |
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Street * * * * was called in the morning, and was asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow, for I have frequently known him snore ere they had drawn his curtains, now never sleeps above an hour without waking ; and he, who at dinner always forgot... 
