 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...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)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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):... | |
 | 1812 - 560 pages
...in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes...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... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...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 pages
...in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes...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 pages
...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 - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat. his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes...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 pages
...in the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes,...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 pages
...of his visage. His 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...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 pages
...the unmeaning features of his visage. His face was broad and flat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes,...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. 
