 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 Forsyth - 1871 - 347 pagina’s
...Clarissa ' one hot season at the hills in India, " the whole station was in a passion of excitement .... the Governor's wife seized the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief- Justice could not read it for tears." One enthusiastic admirer in the last century went so far... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871
...Clarissa' one hot season at the hills in India, " the whole station was in a passion of excitement the Governor's wife seized the book, and the Secretary waited for it, and the Chief Justice could not read it for tears/' One enthusiastic admirer in the last century went so far... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872
...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 "... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1872 - 494 pagina’s
...; and, as soon as they began to read, the whole station, he said, was in a passion of excitement. " The governor's wife seized the book, and the secretary...and the chiefjustice could not read it for tears." Mr. Thackeray does not appear to have caught the infection. But he does record one instance of his... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 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 "... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876
...the 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...scoundrelly Lovelace. The Governor's wife seized the book ; the Secretary waited for it ; the Chief Justice could not read it for tears.' He acted the whole... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 347 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 net read it for tears !" He acted the whole scene: he paced up and down the " Athenaeum... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 217 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 - 217 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
...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 "... | |
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