 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
 | William Jesse - 1844 - 430 pages
...Horace Walpole, in describing the Bath-Easton vagaries, writes thus to General Conway : " Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as unsophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with... | |
 | William Jesse - 1844 - 426 pages
...Horace Walpole, in describing the Bath-Easton vagaries, writes thus to General Conway : " Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as unsophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 362 pages
...and begot children, till the whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retiieve. Alas ! Mrs.'Miller is returned a beauty, a genius, a Sappho, a tenth...are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtn, and, that both may contribute to the improvement of their own country, they have introduced... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 366 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1854 - 324 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 virtv, and, that both may contribute to the... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1857 - 566 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1859 - 600 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. Yesey. The captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with virtu, and, that both... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1861 - 552 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 virtu, and that both may contribute to the 1 Daughter of Sir Robert Rich, and sister to the second wife of George Lord Ly Helton.— WALPOLE.... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - 1861 - 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 Muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scurleri, and as unsophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The Captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue... | |
 | Winthrop Sargent - 1861 - 506 pages
...whole caravan were forced to go abroad to retrieve. Alas! Mrs. Miller is returned a beauty, a genins, a Sappho, a tenth Muse, as romantic as Mademoiselle Scuderi, and as unsophisticated as Mrs. Vesey. The Captain's fingers are loaded with cameos, his tongue runs over with... | |
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