 | Literature - 1877 - 226 pages
...in which it was constantly required to assist, — but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, so chivalrously polite ; his face was lighted by a...hide, but showed himself exactly as he was, incapable of any thing on a limited scale, and firing away with those blank great guns because he carried no... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Literature - 1852 - 866 pages
...constantly required to assist ; but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, BO chivalrously polite, hia face was lighted by a smile of so much sweetness and...exactly as he was — incapable (as Richard said) of any thing on a limited scale, and firing away with those blank great guns, because he carried no small... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Domestic fiction - 1853 - 730 pages
...assist ; but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, so chivalrously polite, his face was iïghted by a smile of so much sweetness and tenderness, and...it seemed so plain that he had nothing to hide, but •abowed. himself exactly as he was — incapable (as Richard said) of anything on a limited scale,... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 716 pages
...assist ; but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, so chivalrously polite, his face was lighted up by a smile of so much sweetness and tenderness, and...hide, but showed himself exactly as he was, incapable of anything on a limited scale, and firing away with those blank great guns because he carried no small-arms... | |
 | John Forster - 1869 - 618 pages
...it seemed so plain that " he had nothing to hide, but showed himself exactly " as he was, incapable of anything on a limited scale, " and firing away...with those blank great guns because " he carried no small-arms whatever ; that really I u could not help looking at him with equal pleasure " as he sat... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1870 - 1276 pages
...hide, but showed himself exactly as hi was — incapable (as Richard said) of anything on a limit ed scale, and firing away with those blank great guns...because he carried no small arms whatever — that reallj [ could not help looking at him with equal pleasure ai tie sat at dinner, whether he smilingly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 384 pages
...emphasis in which it was constantly required to assist ; but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, so chivalrously polite, his face was lighted by a...exactly as he was — incapable (as Richard said) of any thing on a limited scale, and firing away with those blank great guns, because he carried no small... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - Literary Criticism - 1872 - 652 pages
...emphasis in which it was constantly required to assist; but he was such a true gentleman in his manner, so chivalrously polite, his face was lighted by a...nothing to hide, but showed himself exactly as he was, . . . that really I could not help looking at him with equal pleasure as he sat at dinner, whether... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 574 pages
...in which it was constantly required to assist ; but he waa such a true gentleman in his manner, BO chivalrously polite, his face was lighted by a smile...he was — incapable (as Richard said) of anything OH a limited scale, and firing away with those blank great guns, because he carried no small arms whatever... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1875 - 692 pages
...face was lighted by a smile of so much weetness and tenderness, and it seemed so plain that ho nad nothing to hide, but showed himself exactly as he...he carried no small arms whatever — that really [ could not help looking at him with equal pleasure as he sat at dinner, whether he smilingly cinversed... | |
| |
... corpulent but for his being so continually in earnest that he gave it no rest, and a chin that might have subsided into a double chin but for the vehement emphasis in which it was constantly required to assist; but he was such a true gentleman in... 
