 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Literary landmarks - 1890 - 240 pages
...scorched foretop ; the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and the nose moving with convulsive twitches ; we see the heavy...? " and the " What then, Sir ? " and the " No, Sir 1 " and then " You don't see your way through the question, Sir!" In 1777 good Hannah More was living... | |
 | 1891 - 780 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig, with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and...comes the ' Why, sir ! ' and the ' What then, sir 1 ' and the ' No, sir ' ; and the 1 You don't see your way through the question, sir 1 ' " Bat how... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1892 - 934 pages
...foretop, the lirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and n. juth movim a visible mark I" and the " You don't see your way through the question, sir !" What a singular destiny has been that... | |
 | William Henry Craig - Authors, English - 1895 - 300 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and...twitches ; we see the heavy form rolling ; we hear it purr1ng ; and then comes the 'Why, sir!' and the 'What then, sir?' and the ' No, sir ! ' and the '... | |
 | William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - English language - 1895 - 358 pages
...cuirass, a gorget, and greaves, with a pair of gauntlets and a sword hanging beneath. — HAWTHORNE. Then comes the " Why, sir ! " and the " What then, sir ? '' and the " No, sir ! " — MACAULAY. For wide is heard the thundering fray, The rout, the ruin, the dismay. (c) Joined... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1896 - 270 pages
...the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. 10 We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches;...You don't see your way through the question, sir! " 15 39. What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man ! To be regarded in his own age... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - Literary Criticism - 1897 - 406 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and..."You don't see your way through the question, sir ! " ' * 95. Burke. — Among the above-mentioned luminaries of the ' Literary Club ' was one who has... | |
 | Truman Jay Backus - American literature - 1897 - 508 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the gray wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and...You don't see your way through the question, sir! ' " — TB Macaulay. WHILE the novelists and historians were busy, other writers of prose were making... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 202 pages
...the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. 10 We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches;...You don't see your way through the question, sir! " 15 39. What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man! To be regarded in his own age... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - Authors, English - 1897 - 408 pages
...coat, the black worsted stockings, the grey wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and...we hear it puffing; and then comes the " Why, sir 1" and the "What then, sir!" and the "No, sir! "and the "You don't see your way through the question,... | |
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... wig with the scorched foretop, the dirty hands, the nails bitten and pared to the quick. We see the eyes and mouth moving with convulsive twitches; we see the heavy form rolling; we hear it puffing; and then comes the " Why, sir ! 
