 | Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 Seiten
...appearance which particularly attracted my notice; for I had never seen anything like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects, that showed he was no common being.30 Hood had taken an immediate liking to Nelson, who told Locker, 'I... | |
 | John Sugden - 2004 - 984 Seiten
...which particularly attracted my notice, for I had never seen any thing like it before, nor could I imagine who he was, nor what he came about. My doubts...enthusiasm when speaking on professional subjects that showed he was no common being ... I found him warmly attached to my father, and singularly humane .... | |
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... hair was tied in a stiff Hessian tail, of an extraordinary length; the old-fashioned flaps of his waistcoat added to the general quaintness of his figure, and produced an appearance which particularly attracted my notice ; for I had never seen anything... 
