 He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might : being at war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant, and his manner was remarkably unaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. I thought that in his whole carriage and...  Works - Page 149by Charles Dickens - 1842Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 590 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might: being at war with everybody —bul the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...unaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. I -thought thai in hi? whole carriage and demeanour, he became his station singularly well.» We warn our expectant... | |
 | 1842 - 592 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might: being al war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...unaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. I thought lhat in hi' -whole carriage and demeanour, Le became his station singularly well.» We warn our expectant... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might: being al war wilh everybody —but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...remarkably unaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. 1 thought (hat in his whole carriage and demeanour, he became his station singularly well.» We warn... | |
 | Treasury - 1855 - 276 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, — and well he might, being at war with everybody, — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...demeanour he became his station singularly well." KISSING THE SULTAN'S TOE. They are only the highest dignitaries of the Mussulman empire who have the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 130 pages
...he hecame his station singularly well. Being advised that the sensihle etiquette of the repuhlican court admitted of a traveller like myself declining, without any impropriety, an invitation to diuner, which did not reach me until ! had conclnded my arrangements for leaving Washington some days... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 398 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might, being at war with every body ; but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant, and his manner was remarkably uuaffected, gentlemanly, and agreeable. I thought that in his whole carriage and demeanor he became... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1877 - 502 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might : being at war with. everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...impropriety, an invitation to dinner, which did not reach me imtil I had concluded my arrangements for leaving Washington some days before that to which it referred,... | |
 | William Tegg - 1877 - 296 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious — and well he might, being at war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...demeanour he became his station singularly well." AN AUDIENCE IN SIAM. We take the following interesting account of an audience in Siam from Neale's... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 872 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might ; being at war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...agreeable. I thought that in his whole carriage and demeanor, he became his station singularly well. Being advised that the sensible etiquette of the republican... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 874 pages
...himself. He looked somewhat worn and anxious, and well he might ; being at war with everybody — but the expression of his face was mild and pleasant,...agreeable. I thought that in his whole carriage and demeanor, he became his station singularly well. Being advised that the sensible etiquette of the republican... | |
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