Short ; rather plump than emaciated, notwithstanding his complaints ; about five foot five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his... A Walk from London to Fulham - Page 205by Thomas Crofton Croker - 1860 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Richardson - Novelists, English - 1804 - 400 pages
...foot five inches: fair wig; lightish cloth coat, all black besides : one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...attacked by sudden tremors or starlings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly : looking directly foreright,... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1804 - 416 pages
..." Short, rather plump, about five " feet five inches, fair wig, one hand ge" nerally in his bosom, the other a cane " in it, which he leans upon under the " skirts of his coat, that it may impercep" tibly serve him as a support, when at" tacked by sudden tremors or dizziness,... | |
| Samuel Richardson, Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - Novelists, English - 1804 - 414 pages
..." Short, rather plump, about five " feet five inches, fair wig, one hand ge" nerally in his bosom, the other a cane " in it, which he leans upon under the " skirts of his coat, that it may impercep" tibly serve him as a support, when at" tacked by sudden tremors or dizziness,... | |
| 1821 - 90 pages
...— " Short, ratherplump ; ahout five feet five inches; fair wig; one hand generally in his hosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under the skirts of his coat, that it may imperceptihly serve him as a support, when attacked hy sudden I ivmors or dizziness ; of... | |
| Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 808 pages
...five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...attacked by sudden tremors or starlings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly ; looking directly fore-right,... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...attacked by sudden tremors or starlings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly ; looking directly fore-right,... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or startings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...five inches ; fair wig ; lightish cloth coat, all black besides ; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or startings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 622 pages
...feet five inches; fair wig; lightish cloth coat, all black besides; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...him as a support, when attacked by sudden tremors or startings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly;... | |
| Literature - 1869 - 862 pages
...foot five inches; fair wig; lightish cloth ooat, all black besides; one hand generally in his bosom, the other a cane in it, which he leans upon under...attacked by sudden tremors or starlings, and dizziness, which too frequently attack him, but, thank God, not so often as formerly; looking directly foreright,... | |
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