 Alas ! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth Muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu, and, that both may contribute...  Memoirs of George Selwyn and his contemporaries - Page 258by John Heneage Jesse - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - 1820 - 596 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. V * * * *. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu; and that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 586 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas ! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. V[esey f]. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with -virtu ; and that boih... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas ! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. V|i- y •! |. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu ; and... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 508 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan,were forced to go abroad to retrieve, Alas! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. V* * * *. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtit, and that... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 506 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve, Alas ! Mrs, Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. V* * * *. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtti, and that... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1840 - 542 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The Captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu, and that both may contribute to the... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas ! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The Captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu, and that both may contribute to the... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 632 pages
...Muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with...improvement of their own country, they have introduced bouts-rimes as a new discovery. They hold a Parnassus-fair every Thursday, give out rhymes and ihemes,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 590 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu, and that both may contribute to the... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 414 pages
...cannonading, the batteries were silenced, and Mud Island fell into the hands of the British. quiries. My father sends his love to you. Believe me to be...and as sophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtit; and that both may contribute to the... | |
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