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" I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the sea as to convey an idea of the extraordinary language in which he clothed his description. There were, at least, five words in every sentence that must have been very much astonished at tho use they... "
The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington - Page 89
by Joseph Fitzgerald Molloy - 1896
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Pencillings by the Way

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1852 - 570 pages
...knew him, and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners, was worthy of himself. I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the...sentence that must have been very much astonished at J.he use they were put to, and yet no others apparently, could so w'ell have conveyed his idea. He...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 35

Literature - 1852 - 644 pages
...(Beckford),and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners was worthy of himself. I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the...sentence that must have been very much astonished at tho use they were put to, and yet no others, apparently, could so well nave conveyed his idea. He talked...
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Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1853 - 564 pages
...knew him, and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners, was worthy of himself. I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the sea, as to convey an idea of the extraordinary laniriuige in which he clothed his description. There were, at least, five words in every sentence...
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Pencillings by the Way: Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in ...

Nathaniel Parker Willis - Europe - 1853 - 556 pages
...knew him, and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners, was worthy of himself, 1 might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the sea ? aa to convey an Idea of. the extraordinary language In which he clothed his description. There were,...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1901 - 880 pages
...fashion, came under discussion. Dizzy was the only person at table who knew him, and, writes Willis : ' I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the...that must have been very much astonished at the use to which they were put, and yet no others apparently could so well have conveyed his idea. He talked...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 59

Literature - 1879 - 992 pages
...must have been as "unspeakable" as the minister of later years. Willis says that he might as well try to gather up the foam of the sea as to convey an idea of Disraeli's extraordinary language in describing Beckford. He adds that Disraeli " talks like a race-horse,"...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 59

Literature - 1879 - 984 pages
...must have been as " unspeakable" as the minister of later years. Willis says that he might ns well try to gather up the foam of the sea as to convey an idea of Disraeli's extraordinary language in describing Beckford. He adds that Disraeli "talks like a race-horse,"...
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Lord Beaconsfield: A Biography

Thomas Power O'Connor - Great Britain - 1879 - 756 pages
...(Beckford), and the style in which he gave a sketch of his habits and manners was worthy of himself. I might as well attempt to gather up the foam of the sea an to convey an idea of the extraordinary language in which he clothed hia description. There were...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 62

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - Periodicals - 1881 - 980 pages
...conversation fell upon " Vathek" Beckford, Disraeli gave a sketch of his habits and manners, and Willis says: "I might as well attempt to gather up the foam...convey an idea of the extraordinary language in which ho clothed his description. There were at least five words in every sentence that must have been very...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volumes 1-4

1881 - 980 pages
...conversation fell upon " Vathek " Beckford, Disraeli gave a sketch of his habits and manners, and Willis says : " I might as well attempt to gather up the...convey an idea of the extraordinary language in which ho clothed his description. There were at least five words in every sentence that must Imve been very...
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