 I shall now proceed to his marriage, in order to which it will be convenient that I first give the reader a short view of his person, and then an account of his wife, and of some circumstances concerning both. He was for his person of a stature inclining...  Literary bye-hours, by H.A. Page - Pagina 227door Alexander Hay Japp - 1881 - 232 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Samuel Brown - 1858 - 396 pagina’s
...thirty-fourth year, he was fiercely threatened, and even set on, by something like consumption ; being ' of a stature inclining towards tallness; his body was very straight; and so far from being encumbered with too much flesh, he was lean to an extremity.' He rallied, however, and seems to have... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1860 - 408 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton,* who now is Dr. Creighton, and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage ; in order to which, it will bs convenient that I first give the Reader a short view of his person, and then an account of his wife,... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1864 - 384 pagina’s
...manhood, and that account of his regimen of health, to find out from Izaak Walton WHAT HE WAS LIKE. " I shall now proceed to his marriage, in order to which...first give the reader a short view of his person. . . . He was, for his person, of a stature inclining towards tallness ; his body was very straight,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 462 pagina’s
...for describing Herbert's person, and giving a short account of his wife. Herbert in stature inclined towards tallness ; " his body was very straight, and...too much flesh, that he was lean to an extremity." He was of a gracious and even cheerful aspect ; courteous in manner and pleasing in address, so as... | |
 | Jones Very - 1883 - 184 pagina’s
...saintly George Herbert exactly pictures Mr. Very as he appeared in later life.1 " He was," says Walton, " for his person, of a stature inclining towards tallness...his body was very straight, and so far from being 1 In a note on a letter of Emerson's to Carlyle (Correspondence, vol. ip 333), accompanying a copy... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1884 - 498 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton,1 who now is Dr. Creighton, and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage ; in order to...circumstances concerning both. — He was for his 1 A native of Scotland, educated at Westminster School and Trinity College. Cambridge, afterwards Greek... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1884 - 536 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton,1 who now is Dr. Creighton, and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage ; in order to which, it will be convenient that I first give the Eeader a short view of his person, and then an account of his wife, and of some circumstances concerning... | |
 | George Herbert - 1885 - 370 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton, who now is Dr. Creighton and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage ; in order to...was for his person of a .stature inclining towards (.•illness ; his body was very straight, and so far from being cumbered with too much flesh, that... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton, who now is Dr. Creighton, and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage, in order to which...his body was very straight, and so far from being encumbered with too much flesh, that he was lean to an extremity. His aspect was cheerful, and his... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pagina’s
...succeeded by his friend Robert Creighton, who now is Dr. Creighton, and the worthy Bishop of Wells. I shall now proceed to his marriage, in order to which...his body was very straight, and so far from being encumbered with too much flesh, that he was lean to an extremity. His aspect was cheerful, and his... | |
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