 ... look was love, whose voice was the sweetest low song, whose shape was perfect symmetry, health, decision, activity, whose foot as it planted itself on the ground was firm but flexible, and whose motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace...  The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist - Seite 4911852Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1854 - 718 Seiten
...queen, — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no single moTement of hers but w»s beautiful. As he thinks of her, he who writes feels young again, and remembers a paragon.' (Vol. ii. pp. 115, 116.) Beatrix is the only character in Esmond that interests ; but there are many... | |
 | 1852 - 390 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no...her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. But 'Trix — she deserves the sobriquet — is an arrant coquette, and Esmond is her principal victim.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 198 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic — there was...before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. " She hath put on her scarlet stockings and white shoes," says my lord, still laughing. " 0, my fine... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 698 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no...before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. "She hath put on her scarlet stockings and white shoes," says my lord, still laughing. "O, my fine... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 702 Seiten
...perfect grace—agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen—now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic—there was no single movement of hers but was beautiful....before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. " She hath put on her scarlet stockings and white shoes," says my lord, still laughing. " Oh, my fine... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1852 - 378 Seiten
...agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now farcaftick, there was no fingle movement of hers but was beautiful. As he thinks of...writes, feels young again, and remembers a paragon. So fhe came holding her drefs with one fair rounded arm, and her taper before her, tripping down the ftair... | |
 | 1853 - 582 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace— agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no single movement of hers but was beautiful. As be thinks of her, he who writes feels young again, and remembers a paragon. So she came holding her... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1853 - 814 Seiten
...perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastick, there was no single movement of hers but was beautiful....before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond.' — Vol. ii. pp. 115, 116. The young soldier's affections arc at once captivated by her fascination,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 492 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no...before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. " She hath put on her scarlet stockings and white shoes," says my lord, still laughing. " O, my fino... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1858 - 504 Seiten
...motion, whether rapid or slow, was always perfect grace — agile as a nymph, lofty as a queen — now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic, there was no...before her, tripping down the stair to greet Esmond. " She hath put on her scarlet stockings and white shoes," says my lord, still laughing. " O, my fine... | |
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