 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 Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pagina’s
...Commander-in-Chicf, 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 - 1889 - 534 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 "Athenaeum"... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 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...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 scene... | |
 | George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1892 - 220 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...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 scene... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - 1892 - 606 pagina’s
...began to read it, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about Miss Harlowe and the scoundrel Lovelace. The governor's wife seized the book, and the secretary waited for it, and the chief justice could not read it for tears. He acted the whole scene as he paced up and down the Athenaeum... | |
 | Robert George Hobbes - 1893 - 594 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...scoundrelly Lovelace. The Governor's wife seized the book ; the Secretary waited for it ; the Chief Justice could not read it for tears." 402 Reminiscences of... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 396 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 - 1896 - 450 pagina’s
...Commander-inChief, 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 - 1896 - 466 pagina’s
...as soon as they began to read, the whole station was in a passion of excitement about Miss Harlowa and her misfortunes, and her scoundrelly Lovelace!...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 - 1898 - 196 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 "Athenxum"... | |
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