 Erebus, and has the most mocking, lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness and when he has burst forth, as he does constantly, with a particularly successful cataract of expression,...  The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington - Page 88by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1896Full view - About this book
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1897 - 812 pages
...sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness. When he has burst forth, as he does constantly, with...a curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy of Mephistopheles." " Mr. Gladstone," we read in pages descriptive of the British Senate in 1838, " is... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1852 - 568 pages
...black as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lyingin-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy of a Mephistophelee. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet... | |
 | 1855 - 700 pages
...as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy of a Mephistophiles. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick, heavy mass of jet... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 702 pages
...as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy of a Mcphistophiles. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick, heavy mass of jet... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1876 - 974 pages
...working and impatient nervousness, and when he has burst forth, as he does constantly, with a perfectly successful cataract of expression, it assumes a curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy a Mephistopheles. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet-black... | |
 | George Smith - Great Britain - 1879 - 140 pages
...black as Erebus, and has the most mocking, lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet-black ringlets falls over his left cheek almost to his collarless stock, while on the right temple... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - Great Britain - 1879 - 488 pages
...as Erebus, -and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet-black ringlets falls over his left cheek almost to his collarless stock, whilst on the right temple... | |
 | Francis Hitchman - Great Britain - 1879 - 492 pages
...as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in- wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet-black ringlets falls over his left cheek almost to his collarless stock, whilst on the right temple... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - Great Britain - 1879 - 736 pages
...black as Erebus, and has the most mocking, lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...a curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy of Mephistopheles. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of jet-black... | |
 | Thomas Power O'Connor - Prime ministers - 1880 - 320 pages
...as Erebus, and has the most mocking and lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable. His mouth is alive with a kind of working and impatient nervousness,...assumes a curl of triumphant scorn that would be worthy oí aMephistopheles. His hair is as extraordinary as his taste in waistcoats. A thick heavy mass of... | |
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