 I fancied Goethe must have been still more handsome as an old man than even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was at first astonished, and then...  Early and Late Papers: Hitherto Uncollected - Page 259by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1867 - 407 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1904 - 926 pages
...his end. "His voice," Thackeray says, "was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...when I found he spoke French with not a good accent." The conversation, therefore, of which he had nothing more to tell, was not in Goethe's native tongue;... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 506 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Framnplan; once going to step into his chariot on a sunshiny day, wearing a cap and a cloak with a... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1856 - 544 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...found he spoke French with not a good accent. ' Vidi I a nium. I saw him but three times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplan; once... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 620 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Fratienplan; once going to step into his chariot on a sunshiny day, wearing a cap and a cloak with... | |
 | John Camden Hotten - Novelists, English - 1864 - 268 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...found he spoke French with not a good accent. Vidi tcmtum. I saw him but three times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplan ; once... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - 1864 - 616 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...found he spoke French with not a good accent. " Vidi iantum. I saw him but three times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplan; once... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Literary Collections - 1873 - 430 pages
...even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best I could. I recollect I was...times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplanj once going to step into his chariot on a sunshiny day, wearing a cap and a cloak with a... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Authors, German - 1872 - 430 pages
...youth. His voice was very rich and sweet. He asked me questions about myself, which I answered as best X could. I recollect I was at first astonished, and...times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplanj once going to step into his rhariot on a sunshiny day, wearing a cap and a cloak with a... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1877 - 840 pages
...youth. His voice was very rich and swcet. He asked me qnestious about myself which I auswered us best as I could. I recollect I was at first astonished, and then somewhat relieved, when I found ho spoke French with not a good aceent. Vidi tantum. I saw him but thrce times. Once, walking in the... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Authors, German - 1882 - 794 pages
...and sweet. He asked me questions about myself. which I answered as best I could. I recollect I wa? at first astonished, and then somewhat relieved, when...times. Once walking in the garden of his house in the Frauenplair. once going to step into his chariot on a sunshiny day. wearing a cap and a cloak with... | |
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