 While leading this vagrant and miserable life, Johnson fell in love. The object of his passion was Mrs. Elizabeth Porter, a widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half...  Biographical essays - Page 132by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1857 - 196 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 884 pages
...lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed in gaudy colors, and fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces...which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys and Lepéis. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 418 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys and Lepéis. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1865 - 458 pages
...exhibiting provincial airs and graces which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys and Lepéis. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose...natural bloom, and who had seldom or never been in the game room with a woman of real fashion, his Titty, as he called her, was the most beautiful, graceful... | |
 | Robert Bird - Diseases - 1870 - 262 pages
...widow, who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed in gaudy...airs and graces which were not exactly those of the Qneensberrys and Lessels. To Johnson . . . his Titty, as he called her, was the most beautiful, graceful,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1874 - 1100 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys and Lepcls. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1860 - 514 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish cerjige from natural bloom, and who had seldom or never been in the same room with a woman of real... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1880 - 800 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight -wan too weak to distinguish ceruae from natural bloom, and who had seldom or never been in the same... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1880 - 824 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators the lady appeared to I* a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...exhibiting provincial airs and graces, which were not those of the Queensberrys and Lepels. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1889 - 796 pages
...widow who had children as old as himself. To ordinary spectators, the lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed...which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys and Lepéis. To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pages
...lady appeared to be a short, fat, coarse woman, painted half an inch thick, dressed in gaudy colors, and fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces which were not exactly those of the Queensberrys 3 and Lepels. 4 To Johnson, however, whose passions were strong, whose eyesight was too weak to distinguish... | |
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