 It was an interlude truly comic and amusing. Beckford, loud, voluble, self-sufficient, and galled by hits, which he could not parry, and probably did not expect, laid himself more and more open in the vehemence of his argument ¡ Dodington, lolling in...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 187by Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...loquacity of the latter, formed a striking contrast between the characters of these gentlemen. To Mr. Fox our host paid all that courtly homage, which he...calculated to exemplify how true the observation is, CUMBEHLAND'S MEMOIHS. З7 Ridiculum acri Fortius ac melius.— At the same time, he had his serious... | |
 | 1806 - 512 pages
...argument ; Dodington, lolling in his chair in perfect apaihy and felf-c >mmand, dozing and even fnoring at intervals in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into fuch gleams and fliilhes of wit and irony, as by the contraft of his phlegm with the other's impetnofity,... | |
 | William Mudford - 1812 - 662 pages
...his chair, in perfect apathy and self-command, dosing and even snoring at intervals in his legarthic way, broke out every now and then into such gleams...calculated to exemplify how true the observation is — Ridiculnm acri Fortim ac melau— " At the same time he had his serious hours and graver topics,... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - 1824 - 486 pages
...Cumberland thus describes him: " Dodington, lolling in his chair, in perfect apathy and self-command, dozing and even snoring at intervals in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into gleams and flashes of wit and humour." See Cumberland, p. 191.] A Mist. By Mr. Bootle. [Afterwards... | |
 | Henrietta Hobart Howard Countess of Suffolk - 1824 - 478 pages
...thus describes him : " Dodington, lolling in his chair, in perfect apathy and self-command, dozing and even snoring at intervals in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into gleams and flashes of wit and humour." See Cumberland, p. 191.] A Mist. By Mr. Bootle. Q Afterwards... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 408 pages
...dosing, and even snoring at intervals, in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into such flashes of wit and irony, as by the contrast of his...calculated to exemplify how true the observation is :' — Kidiculnm acri Fortius ac melius. At the same time he had his serious hours and graver topics,... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 406 pages
...the vehemence of his argument; Dodington, lolling in his chair in perfect apathy and self command, dosing, and even snoring at intervals, in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into such flashes of wit and irony, as by the contrast of his phlegm with the other's impetuosity, made his humour... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 404 pages
...the vehemence of his argument ; Dodington, lolling in his chair in perfect apathy and self command, dosing, and even snoring at intervals, in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into such flashes of wit and irony, as by the contrast of his phlegm with the other's impetuosity, made his humour... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1827 - 410 pages
...the vehemence of his argument; Dodington, lolling in his chair in perfect apathy and self command, dosing, and even snoring at intervals, in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into such flashes of wit and irony, as by the contrast of his phlegm with the other's impetuosity, made his humour... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1842 - 594 pages
...thus paints him : — " Doding. ton, lolling in his chair, in perfect apathy and self-command, dozing, and even snoring, at intervals, in his lethargic way, broke out every now and then into gleams and flashes of wit and humour." In 1761, he was created Lord Meleombe, and died in the following... | |
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