 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 - 352 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 - 388 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 Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 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 "... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1872 - 514 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 - 610 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 - 652 pagina’s
...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 - 380 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 - 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 "... | |
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