 When I was in India, I passed one hot season at the hills, and there were the governor-general, and the secretary of government, and the commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had Clarissa with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station...  Clarissa, ed. by E.S. Dallas - Pagina vdoor Samuel Richardson - 1868Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pagina’s
...Commanderin-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa ' with me ; and as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears 1 " He acted the whole scene ; he paced up and down the "Athenaeum... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pagina’s
...the Commanderin-Chief, and their wives. I had 'Clarissa' with me; and as soon as they-began to'read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears !" He acted the whole scene; he paced up and down the " Athenaeum... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 390 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had -Clarissa' with me: and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears ! " He acted the whole scene: he paced up and down the "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 472 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa' with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears ! " He acted the whole scene : he paced up and down the "... | |
 | Bayard Tuckerman - 1882 - 356 pagina’s
...commander-in-chief, and their wives. I had " Clarissa " with me, and as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the secretary waited for it, and the chief justice could not read it for tears ! " Macaulay " acted the whole scene," adds Thackeray ; "... | |
 | Samuel Richardson, Leslie Stephen - 1883 - 514 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had " Clarissa " with me ; and as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...and the Chief-Justice could not read it for tears ! ' The fact was no doubt that in the remote Indian station the little society was for the time in... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1883 - 502 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had " Clarissa " with me ; and as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...and the Chief-Justice could not read it for tears ! ' The fact was no doubt that in the remote Indian station the little society was for the time in... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 668 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chief, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa ' with me : and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears ! " He acted the whole scene : he paced up and down the "... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chjef, and their wives. I had ' Clarissa ' with me ; and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about...the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears ! " He acted the whole scene; he paced up and down the "... | |
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