 No one meeting him could fail to recognise in him a gentleman ; his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either openly cynical or affectedly good-natured and benevolent ; his bonhomie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched...  The Garrick Club - Strana 59podľa Percy Fitzgerald - 1904 - Počet stránok 252Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1910 - Počet stránok 964
...himself 'honestly forced to inculcate the dreadful doctrine that life does not pay.' 'His bearing was cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either openly cynical or affectedly good-natured . . . his bonhomie was forced, his wit biting.' This unflattering picture was drawn, to be sure, by... | |
 | Edmund Hodgson Yates - 1859 - Počet stránok 26
...otherwise is clean shaven. No one meeting him could fail to recognise in him a gentleman; his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical, or affectedly good-natured and benevolent; his bonhomieis forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched — but his appearance is invariably that... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1864 - Počet stránok 268
...otherwise is clean shaven. No one meeting him could fail to recognize in him a gentleman : his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical or affectedly good-natured and benevolent; his borihommie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched — but his appearance is invariably... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1864 - Počet stránok 276
...otherwise is clean shaven. No one meeting him could fail to recognize in him a gentleman : his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical or affectedly good-natured and benevolent ; his bonhommie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched — but his appearance is invariably... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1870 - Počet stránok 120
...remarkable for the fracture of the bridge of the nose, the result of an accident in youth. His bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched. "His SUCCESS. "No one succeeds better than Mr. Thackeray in cutting his coat according to his cloth.... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1870 - Počet stránok 138
...remarkable for the fracture of the bridge of the nose, the result of an accident in youth. His bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either openly cynical or affectedly good-natnred and benevolent ; his bonhomie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched. "His... | |
 | 1879 - Počet stránok 592
...nothing about him either natural or inviting ; to quote the words of one of his critics, " His bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched." As to his character, that was said to be as disagreeable as his manners. He was one mass of gloom and... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - 1873 - Počet stránok 812
...remarkable for the fracture of the bridge of the nose, the result of an accident in youth, His bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical or affectedly good-natured and benevolent ; his bonhommie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched. " His SUCCESS. " No one succeeds better... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1874 - Počet stránok 336
...otherwise is clean shaven. No one meeting him could fail to recognize in him a gentleman : his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical, or affectedly good-natured and benevolent ; his bonhommie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched — but his, appearance is invariably... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - Počet stránok 272
...otherwise is clean shaven. No one meeting him could fail to recognise in him a gentleman: his bearing is cold and uninviting, his style of conversation either...cynical or affectedly goodnatured and benevolent; his bonhommie is forced, his wit biting, his pride easily touched, but his appearance is invariably that... | |
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