 ... singular proof of the figure and impression Mr Fox made on his first appearance as an orator. A young artist, and, I believe, a reporter of debates, a Mr Surtees, of Mainsforth, in the county of Durham, happened to be in the gallery when he first...  The Archaeological Journal - Page 3781861Full view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 pages
...happened to be in the gallery when he first spoke. At that period, no stranger was allowed to make notes, or take any paper or note-book into the gallery...of his shirt, and sketched on it, with a pencil or burned stick, a likeness of him, which he afterwards tried to finish at his lodgings, and which, owing... | |
 | Charles James Fox, Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1853 - 570 pages
...parent, but which the extorted praise of Horace Walpole goes far to justify, " I am told that book into the gallery for that purpose. But this gentleman,...likeness of him, which he afterwards tried to finish at bis lodgings, and which, owing to the care of Mr. Sharpo and kindness of Mr. Fletcher, is still preserved... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...happened to be in the gallery when he first spoke. At that period, no stranger was allowed to make notes, or take any paper or note-book into the gallery...of his shirt, and sketched on it, with a pencil or burned stick, a likeness of him, which he afterwards tried to finish at his lodgings, and which, owing... | |
 | Biography - 1855 - 526 pages
...happened to be in the gallery when he first spoke. At that period, no stranger was allowed to make notes, or take any paper or note-book into the gallery...of his shirt, and sketched on it, with a pencil or burned stick, a likeness of him, which he afterwards tried to finish at his lodgings, and which, owing... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT - 1881 - 564 pages
...happened to be in the, gallery when he first spoke. At that period no stranger was allowed to make notes, or take any paper or note-book into the gallery...appearance of the youthful orator, tore off part of his ehirt, and sketched on it, with a pencil or burnt stick, a likeness of him, which he afterwards tried... | |
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