 ... hurrying away into Lethe almost before your attention can have arrested them ; but it was an incident which, to me, who happened to notice it, served to express the courtesy and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat,...  Tait's Edinburgh Magazine - Side 242redigeret af - 1838Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 384 sider
...and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat, was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy. Somewhere there is an anecdote, meant to illustrate the ultra-obsequiousness of the man : either I have heard of it in connection... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1851 - 386 sider
...and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat, was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...were to restrain the occupant from playing truant a*, the fire, by opposing Alpine difficulties to his descent. Whatever might be the original purpose... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 380 sider
...and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat, was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...purpose of this aspiring seat, one serious dilemma arose frqm it, and this it was which gave the occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy. Somewhere there is an anecdote,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 686 sider
...courtesy and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...which gave the occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy The act of descending from his throne, a very elaborate process, with steps and stages analogous to... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1856 - 684 sider
...delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat was a very high one ; so absurdlv high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible use...which gave the occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy The act of descending from his throne, a very elaborate process, with steps and stages analogous to... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 454 sider
...courtesy and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy. Somewhere there is an anecdote, meant to illustrate the ultra-obsequiousness of the man : either I have heard of it in connection... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 726 sider
...of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat, was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the'way, that I can imagine no possible use or sense in such...occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy^ Somewhere there is an anecdote, meant to illustrate the ultra-obsequiousness of the man : either I have heard of ,t in connection... | |
 | Alexander Hay Japp - 1877 - 418 sider
...courtesy and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...which gave the occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy. . . . Between two extremes Lamb had to choose — between appearing ridiculous for a moment by going... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 494 sider
...courtesy and delicate consideration of Lamb's manners. The seat upon which he sat was a very high one ; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...occasion to Lamb's act of courtesy. Somewhere there is an anecdote, meant to illustrate the ultra-obsequiousness of the man, — either I have heard of it in... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1911 - 348 sider
...smile not to be forgotten. This was Lamb. . . . The seat upon which he sat was a very high one; so absurdly high, by the way, that I can imagine no possible...fire by opposing Alpine difficulties to his descent. . . . "He began to dismount instantly; and, as it happened that the very first round of his descent... | |
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