 | 1869 - 796 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant ami spiritless, and the corpulence of ha whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman...if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom must certainly never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. Though now near fifty years old... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman...in English was rendered ridiculous by the broadest Scottish accent, and his French was, if possible, still more laughable ; so that wisdom, most certainly,... | |
 | 1875 - 822 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless ; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman,...laughable ; so that Wisdom, most certainly, never distinguished herself before in so uncouth a garb." Yet, in spite of these drawbacks, he was a wonderful... | |
 | James McCosh - 1875 - 506 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtleeating alderman...his French was, if possible, still more laughable." This was the man who was made by the Parisian ladies to take the part, in an acted tableau, of a sultan... | |
 | 1877 - 814 pagina’s
...mouth wide, his eyes vacant, and the corpulency of his whole person is said to have been better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher. At Turin, be fell in love with a lady, and, addressing her, declared that he was "abimt, aneanti."... | |
 | James Moncreiff (1st baron.) - 1878 - 714 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman,...disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. Though now near fifty years old, he was healthy and strong ; but his health and strength, far from being advantageous... | |
 | 1880 - 612 pagina’s
...imbecility. His eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman,...never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb. . . . His wearing an uniform added greatly to his natural awkwardness, for he wore it like a grocer... | |
 | William Angus Knight - 1886 - 264 pagina’s
...of his whole person was far better fitted to convey the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than that of a refined philosopher. His speech in English was...certainly never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb."1 During his absence in Italy in 1748, his 'Philosophical 1 See the Memoirs of the Political... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 pagina’s
...imbecility, his eyes vacant and spiritless, and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman than of a refined philosopher." Of his character he has himself, in the brief narrative which he calls " My Own Life," given a sufficiently... | |
 | Mabel E. Wotton - 1887 - 376 pagina’s
...the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle - eating alderman than of a refined philosopher. His speech...never disguised herself before in so uncouth a garb.' " "The prints of David Hume are, most of them, I believe, taken from the very portrait I have seen... | |
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His face was broad and fat, his mouth wide, and without any other expression than that of imbecility. His eyes, vacant and spiritless; and the corpulence of his whole person was far better fitted to communicate the idea of a turtle-eating alderman, than... 
