Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had not bestowed on him any of the external insignia of high descent. His person, large, muscular, and clumsy, was destitute of grace or dignity, though he possessed much activity. He might indeed have been... Peerage for the People - Seite 547von William Carpenter - 1837 - 804 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1836 - 884 Seiten
...says Sir Nathaniel, "had not bestowed on him any of the insignia of illustrious descent; he might hare been mistaken for a grazier or a butcher by his dress and appearance ; yet intelligence was marked in hii features, which were likewise expressive of frankness and sincerity."... | |
| 1836 - 456 Seiten
...protestant Duke of Norfolk, taking an active part in all the legislative proceedings of that body. Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...intelligence was marked in his features, which were likewise expressive of frankness and sincerity. At a time when men of every description wore hair-powder... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 466 Seiten
...protestant Duke of Norfolk, taking an active part in all the legislative proceedings of that body. Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...intelligence was marked in his features, which were likewise expressive of frankness and sincerity. At a time when men of every description wore hair-powder... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 590 Seiten
...protestant Duke of Norfolk, taking an active part in all the legislative proceedings of that body. Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...intelligence was marked in his features, which were likewise expressive of frankness and sincerity. At a time when men of every discription wore hair-powder... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1836 - 472 Seiten
...protestant Duke of Norfolk, taking an active part in all the legislative proceedings of that body. Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...intelligence was marked in his features, which were likewise expressive of frankness and sincerity. At a time when men of every description wore hair-powder... | |
| Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1845 - 444 Seiten
...protestant Duke of Norfolk, taking an active part in all the legislative proceedings of that body. Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...much activity. He might indeed have been mistaken fora grazier or a butcher, by his dress and appearance ; but intelligence was marked in his features,... | |
| Anti-Jacobin The - 1854 - 296 Seiten
...afterwards as a peer, was one of Mr. Fox's most strenuous supporters. SIR N. WRAXALL, thus describes him, "Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...grace or dignity, though he possessed much activity. At a time when men of every description wore hairpowder and a queue, he had the courage to cut his... | |
| George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis, Charles Carrington, William Gifford - 1854 - 288 Seiten
...afterwards as a peer, was one of Mr. Fox's most strenuous supporters. SIR N. WRAXALL, thus describes him, " Nature, which cast him in her coarsest mould, had...clumsy, was destitute of grace or dignity, though lie possessed much activity. At a time when men of every description wore hairpowder and a queue, he... | |
| Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald - 1886 - 468 Seiten
...leave an unpleasant idea of what the ' man of pleasure' was then considered. ' Nature,' says Wraxall, ' which cast him in her coarsest mould, had not bestowed...indeed, have been mistaken for a grazier or a butcher.' Another of these bacchanals, one also among the beautiful Mrs. Sheridan's many admirers, was the well-known... | |
| James Edmund Doyle - 1886 - 788 Seiten
...buttons.' — H. GuNNI NG, Reminiscences of Cambridge, II., p. 52. ' His person, large, muscular, & clumsy, was destitute of grace or dignity, though he possessed much activity. . . . Intelligence was marked in his features, which were likewise expressive of frankness & sincerity.... | |
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