 | 1822 - 734 Seiten
...heads would seem to live great house in a sort while she lived, which afterwards came to decay, and again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be was nearly pulled down, and all its tired with roaming about that huge old ornaments stripped and carried... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...Then 1 told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great-house in the holydays, where I in particular used to spend many hours by...the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I be turned into marble with them; how I never could be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 Seiten
...Then I told how good she was to all her grand-children, having us to the great-house in the holydays, where I in particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Csesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1838 - 416 Seiten
...adorned with a glistering substance (I know not what) under glass, (as it seemed,) resembling—a homely fancy — but I judged it to be sugar-candy — yet,...busts of the twelve Caesars, that had been emperors of Home, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them ;... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 Seiten
...Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house in the holydays, where I in particular used to spend many hours by myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the Twelve Cassars, that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to... | |
 | Story-teller - 1843 - 324 Seiten
...look courageous. Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house in the holidays, where I, in particular, used to spend...myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Cxsars, that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...look courageous. Then I told how gooc she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house en and disciples. Let us, however, Cœsars that had been emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1845 - 396 Seiten
...look courageous. Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house in the holidays, where I in particular used to spend...again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I could never be tired with roaming about that huge mansion, with its vast empty rooms, with their worn-out... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...look courageous. Then I told how gooc ehe was to all her grandchildren, having us to th great house E4E5E6E wouk seem to live again, or I to be turned into marble with them ; how I never could be tired with... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1851 - 396 Seiten
...look courageous. Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us to the great house in the holidays, where I in particular used to spend...myself, in gazing upon the old busts of the twelve Csesars, that had been Emperors of Rome, till the old marble heads would seem to live again, or I to... | |
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I had my maid to sleep with me, because I was never half so good or religious as she — and yet I never saw the infants. Here John expanded all his eyebrows and tried to look courageous. Then I told how good she was to all her grandchildren, having us... 
