| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1924 - 506 pagine
...tyrant depicted in the Puritan legend. Sir Philip Warwick, who did not love him, says : ' In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the...either seriously or facetiously he had a lightsome and a very pleasant ayre, and whatever he then did he performed very gracefully.' Being well aware... | |
| Sir Philip Warwick - 1813 - 506 pagine
...envy. In his person he was of a tall stature, but His stature , , . , , ,T. and mien. stooped much m the neck. His countenance was cloudy whilst he moved or sat thinking ; but when he spake, either seriously or facetiously, he had a lightsome and very pleasant air : and indeed whatever... | |
| William Field - 1815 - 512 pagine
...his person" says Sir Philip Warwicke, of this Nobleman, whom he knew, " he was of tall stature. bat stooped much in the neck. His countenance was cloudy,...whilst he moved or sat, thinking: but when he spoke, seriously, or facetiously, he had a lightsome and very pleasant ayre : and indeed, whatever he did,... | |
| William Field - 1815 - 506 pagine
...says Sir Philip Warwicke, of this Nobleman, whom he knew, " he was of tall stature. bat stooped ranch in the neck. His countenance was cloudy, whilst he moved or sat, thinking: but when he spoke, seriously, or facetiously, he had a lightsome and very pleasant ayre : and indeed, whatever he did,... | |
| Lucy Aikin - 1833 - 570 pagine
...nature, which a man no more obliged by him than I was, would have called an injustice In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the...cloudy whilst he moved or sat thinking; but when he spake, either seriously or facetiously, he had a lightsome and a very pleasant air: and indeed, whatever... | |
| Robert Browning, John Forster - 1892 - 410 pagine
...brought him into contact with Wentworth, gives this brief description of his appearance. " In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the...cloudy whilst he moved or sat thinking, but when he spake, either seriously or facetiously, he had a lightsome and a very pleasant air ; and indeed whatever... | |
| Robert Browning - 1892 - 406 pagine
...brought him into contact with VVentworth, gives this brief description of his appearance. " In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the...cloudy whilst he moved or sat thinking, but when he spake, either seriously or facetiously, he had a lightsome and a very pleasant air ; and indeed whatever... | |
| George Edward Cokayne - 1896 - 480 pagine
...His elocution was very fluent, and all this was lodged in a sour and haughty ttinper ... In person he was of a tall stature but stooped much in the neck....cloudy, whilst he moved or sat thinking, but when he spake he had a lightsome and a very pleasant air." His portrait "after Van II. 1641, l ami 2. WILLIAM... | |
| Frederick York Powell, Thomas Frederick Tout - 1908 - 402 pagine
...But he was often thwarted by the factions of Charles's weak and irresolute cabinet. He was a man of " tall stature, but stooped much in the neck. His countenance...whilst he moved or sat thinking, but when he spoke he had a lightsome and pleasant air." "His apparel was plain and his fashion humble enough." Yet his... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1918 - 398 pagine
...so there a little friendlines and opennes of carriage begets hope, and lessens envy. In his person he was of a tall stature, but stooped much in the...cloudy, whilst he moved, or sat thinking ; but when he spake, either seriously or facetiously, he had a lightsom and a very pleasant ayre : and indeed whatever... | |
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