I have not heard a word since you said so and so,' being sure to mention a circumstance behind that at which he had really halted. He then took up the thread with his habitual smile of courtesy, as if forgetting his case entirely in the consideration... Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Page 69by John Gibson Lockhart - 1839Full view - About this book
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 pages
...affected to be also troubled with deafness, and would say—" Well, I am getting as dull as a post—I have not heard a word since you said so and so :"—being...then took up the thread with his habitual smile of courtesy—as if forget' ting his case entirely in tho consideration of the lady's infirmity.—He... | |
| George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1878 - 592 pages
...was bad, and she took care not to use her glasses when he was speaking, and she affected also to be troubled with deafness, and would say, ' Well, I am...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." A very interesting account of her recollections of visits to Ashistiel and Abbotsford appeared in the... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1870 - 650 pages
...and she affected to be also troubled with deafness, and would say, 'Well, I am getting as dull asa post; I have not heard a word since you said so and...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." From these brief glimpses, which reveal Miss Ferrier's character — and which so amiably reveal it... | |
| Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1875 - 294 pages
...when he was speaking; and she affected to be also troubled with deafness, and would say, 'Well, lam getting as dull as a post; I have not heard a word...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." From these brief glimpses, which reveal Miss Ferrier's character — and which so amiably reveal it... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1875 - 608 pages
...he has dropped his staff. Unthinking friends sometimes pained him sadly by giving him the catch-word abruptly. I noticed the delicacy of Miss Ferrier on...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." From these brief glimpses, which reveal Miss Ferrier's character — and which so amiably reveal it... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 860 pages
...had given way : he paused, and gazed round him with the blank anxiety of look that a blind man has was bad, and she took care not to use her glasses...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity.' that country visits should seldom exceed three days — the rest day, the dressed day, and the pressed... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...Miss renier on such occasions. Her sight was bad, and she took care not to use her glasses when he was h lady s infirmity.' that country visits should seldom exceed three days— the rest day, the dressed... | |
| Susan Ferrier - English fiction - 1881 - 362 pages
...was bad, and she took care not to use her glasses when he was speaking, and she affected also to be troubled with deafness, and would say, ' Well, I am...entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." A very interesting account of her recollections of visits to Ashestiel and Abbotsford appeared in the... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 386 pages
...spring had given way — he paused, and gazed round him with the blank anxiety of look that a Wind man has when he has dropped his staff. Unthinking...post ; I have not heard a word since you said so and BO" — being sure to mention a circumstance behind that at which he had really halted. He then took... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1882 - 364 pages
...was bad, and she took care not to use her glasses when he was speaking, and she affected also to be troubled with deafness, and would say : ' Well, I...with his habitual smile of courtesy, as if forgetting bis case entirely in the consideration of the lady's infirmity." He had given to her first work the... | |
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