 | William John Loftie - 1893 - 158 σελίδες
...brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little, old, shrivelled, unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirt-neck and knees...unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly peculiarities were forgotten the moment he began to talk. He told me that he generally went abroad... | |
 | Edmund Fillingham King - 1894 - 712 σελίδες
...had on a little, old, shrivelled, unpowdercd wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirt neck and knees of his breeches were loose, his black worsted...ill drawn up, and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes bv way of slippers ; — but all these slovenly particulars were forgotten tno moment he began to talk."... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 590 σελίδες
...his neck-cloth and the knees of his breeches were loose ; his black worsted stockings ill drawn-up ; and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly peculiarities were forgotten the moment he began to talk. Some gentlemen, whom I do not recollect,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 σελίδες
...brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was " that he began to talk. Some gentlemen, whom I do not recollect, were sitting with him ; and when they... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 σελίδες
...brown suit of clothes looked very rusty ; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirt-neck and knees...slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk. Some gentlemen, whom I do not recollect, were sitting with him ; and when they... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 σελίδες
...brown suit of clothes looked very rusty; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirtneck and knees of...slovenly particularities were forgotten the moment that he began to talk. The acquaintance thus happily begun went on and prospered, and we soon have... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 σελίδες
...brown suit of clothes looked very rusty ; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirtneck and knees of his breeches were loose ; his blaek worsted stockings ill drawn up, and he had a pair of unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 412 σελίδες
...on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head ; his shirt neck and the knees of his breeches were loose ; his black worsted...unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly;particulars were forgotten the moment he began to talk.' By Inner Temple Lane we reach the... | |
 | Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot - 1902 - 558 σελίδες
...had on a little, old, shrivelled, unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head; his shirt neck and knees of his breeches were loose; his black worsted...unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly peculiarities were forgotten the moment he began to talk. He told me that he generally went abroad... | |
 | Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold - 1903 - 190 σελίδες
...on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too small for his head, his shirt-neck and the knees of his breeches were loose, his black worsted...unbuckled shoes by way of slippers. But all these slovenly particulars were forgotten the moment he began to talk." It is said that Dr. Johnson lived at No. 2,... | |
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He received me very courteously ; but, it must be confessed, that his apartment, and furniture, and morning dress, were sufficiently uncouth. His brown suit of clothes looked very rusty ; he had on a little old shrivelled unpowdered wig, which was too... 
