 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 ยก Dodington, lolling in...  Memoirs of Richard Cumberland - Page 187by Richard Cumberland - 1807 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1925 - 286 pages
...vehemence of his argument ; Dodington, lolling in his chair in perfect apathy and self-command, dozing and even snoring at intervals in his lethargic way,...humour irresistible and set the table in a roar." It is known to everyone that Dodington wrote the diary to which I have already alluded ; he was also... | |
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