 ... place, afraid of being seen as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, if he happen to cross a walk, (which he always does with precipitation), unsmiling their faces, as if they thought him in the way...  Samuel Richardson - Page 73by Austin Dobson - 1902 - 214 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1805 - 590 pages
...you, come and see them ! — And if you do, I will show you a still more grotesque figure than either. A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the walks, getting behind the benches: one hand io his bosom, the other held up to his chin, as if to keep it in its place: afraid... | |
 | William Forsyth - England - 1871 - 388 pages
...portrait, and described himself to the life. First as he walks on the pantiles at Tunbridge Wells. " A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...place; afraid of being seen as a thief of detection .... stealing in and out of the bookseller's shop, as if he had one of their glass-cases under his... | |
 | William Forsyth - England - 1871 - 352 pages
...portrait, and described himself to the life. First as he walks on the pantiles at Tunbridge Wells, " A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...place ; afraid of being seen as a thief of detection .... stealing in and out of the bookseller's shop, as if he had one of their glass-cases under his... | |
 | William Forsyth - England - 1871 - 366 pages
...portrait, and described himself to the life. First as he walks on the pantiles at Tnnbridge Wells, "A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...place ; afraid of being .seen as a thief of detection .... stealing in and out of the bookseller's shop, as if he had one of their glass-cases under his... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1871 - 372 pages
...portrait, and described himself to the life. First as he walks on the pantiles at Tunbridge Wells. " A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...place; afraid of being seen as a thief of detection .... stealing in and out of the bookseller's shop, as if he had one of their glass-cases under his... | |
 | Austin Dobson - English literature - 1894 - 350 pages
...faces of high importance ' after new beauties, he proceeds to draw his own likeness. He is, he says, 'a sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...cross a walk (which he always does with precipitation) unsmile their faces, as if they thought him in their way ; and he is sensible of so being, stealing... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 416 pages
...at seventy-seven *****. And if you do, I will show you a still more grotesque figure than either — a sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the...the other held up to his chin, as if to keep it in place, afraid of being seen as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, if he happen to cross a... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1902 - 444 pages
...at seventy-seven *****. And if you do, I will show you a still more grotesque figure than either—a sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the walks,...the other held up to his chin, as if to keep it in place, afraid of being seen as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, if he happen to cross a... | |
 | J. Prinsen - English fiction - 1925 - 558 pages
...vriendin, in eerden deugd natuurlijk: „A sly sinner, creeping along the very edges of the walks, gerting behind benches: one hand in his bosom, the other held...in its place: afraid of being seen, as a thief of detec* tion. The people of fashion, if hè happen to cross a walk (which hè always does with precipitation)... | |
 | 1926 - 434 pages
.... a still more grotesque figure. A sly sinner, creep1ng along the very edges of the walks, gett1ng behind benches, one hand in his bosom, the other held...seen, as a thief of detection. The people of fashion, 1f he happens to cross a walk (which he always does with precipitation) unsmiling their faces, as if... | |
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