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" 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 69
by John Gibson Lockhart - 1839
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Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

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...
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Temple Bar, Volume 54

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...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 2

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...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 3

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...
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A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, Volume 2; Volume 268

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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

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...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical ..., Volume 2

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...
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Marriage: A Novel, Volume 1

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...
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Memoirs of Sir Walter Scott: 1830-1832

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...
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The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and ..., Volume 3

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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