 His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the top of his head, and the sleeves of his shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 334de Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 568 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1883 - 88 pages
...pair of old shoes for slippers, a littlo shrivelled g sticking on the top of his head, and the sloeves of his shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose : ' — in all this wo can see the spirit of true Politeness, only shining through a strange medium. Thus again, in his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty brown mourning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 634 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty brown mourning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance."... | |
 | James Boswell - 1887 - 500 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance.'... | |
 | 1889 - 654 pages
...wearing " a rusty-brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig on the top of his head, and the sleeves of his shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose." As he thought ten pounds a year an ample allowance for clothes and linen, it is certain that he could... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1890 - 364 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty-brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by mis singular appearance."... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 646 pages
...conducted her to her coach. His dress was a rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes by way of slippers, a little shrivelled wig sticking on the...shirt and the knees of his breeches hanging loose. A considerable crowd of people gathered round, and were not a little struck by this singular appearance.... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1894 - 632 pages
...court-dress, ' his rusty brown oming suit, a pair of old shoes for slippers, a little shrivelled ig sticking on the top of his head, and the sleeves of his shirt id the knees of his breeches hanging loose : ' — in all this we can the spirit of true Politeness,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 300 pages
...collecting a mob of gazers in Fleet Street, — as might well be, the beau having on, by way of court-dress, 'his rusty brown morning suit, a pair of old shoes...only shining through a strange medium. Thus again, in hft apartments, at one time, there were unfortunately no chairs. 'A gentleman who frequently visited... | |
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