He was perhaps sixty years old ; yet his brow was not much furrowed, and his jet black hair was only grizzled, not whitened, by the advance of age. All his motions spoke strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was... The Westminster Review.Volume II.July-October,1824 - Sivu 189tekijä(t) The Westminster Review.Volume II.July-October,1824 - 1824Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Walter Scott - 1824 - 334 sivua
...seemed best, and in highest season, began to cut it into slices, and to prepare a grillade ; the savoury smell of which affected me so powerfully, that I began...strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was squaremade, thin-flanked, and apparently combining in his frame muscular... | |
| Walter Scott - 1824 - 330 sivua
...me so powerfully, that I began sincerely to hope that no delay would intervene between the plattar, I must say, and the lip. As this thought came across...strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was squaremade, thin-flanked, and apparently combining in his frame muscular... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1824 - 336 sivua
...seemed best, and in highest season, began to cut it into slices, and to prepare a griUade ; the savoury smell of which affected me so powerfully, that I began...such dexterity the office of cook to the party. He wa? perhaps sixty years old ; yet his brow was not much furrowed, and his jet black hair was only grizzled,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1832 - 378 sivua
...intervene between the platter and the lip. As this thought came across me, the man who had conducted the horse to the stable entered the apartment, and...strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was square-made, thin-flanked, and apparently combined in his frame muscular... | |
| Walter Scott - 1834 - 848 sivua
...slices, and to prepare a grillade ; the savoury As this drought came across me, the man who had conducted the horse to the stable entered the apartment, and...such dexterity the office of cook to the party. He iwas perhaps sixty years old ; yet his brow was not much furrowed, and his jet black hair was only... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 540 sivua
...intervene between the platter and the lip. As this thought came across me, the man who had conducted the horse to the stable entered the apartment, and...strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was square-made, thin-flanked, and apparently combined in his frame muscular... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 428 sivua
...has given us an inimitably true one in introducing a certain personage of his Kedgauntlet : • — " He was, perhaps, sixty years old; yet his brow was...motions spoke strength unabated ; and, though rather undersi/ed, he had very broad shoulders, was square made, thin-flanked, and apparently comhined in... | |
| 1837 - 598 sivua
...master has given us an inimitably true one in introducing a certain personage of his Redgauntlet: —" He was, perhaps, sixty years old; yet his brow was not much furrowed, and his jet-black hair was only grizzled, not whitened, by the advance of age. All his motions spoke strength... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 sivua
...master has given us an inimitably true one in introducing a certain personage of his Redgauntlet : — " He was, perhaps, sixty years old ; yet his brow was not much furrowed, and his jet-black hair was only grizzled, not whitened, by the advance of age. All his motions spoke strength... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 sivua
...master has given us an inimitably true one in introducing a certain personage of his Redgauntlet: — " He was, perhaps, sixty years old; yet his brow was...strength unabated ; and, though rather undersized, he had very broad shoulders, was square made, thin-flanked, and apparently combined in his frame muscular... | |
| |