This was the first time he had addressed us. I felt anxious to examine the features of a man who had been so much the public talk on account of his reputed cruelty at Trinidad. I could not deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance... The London Magazine - Página 3911825Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Joseph Donaldson - 1824 - 244 páginas
...against him, and hi& countenance did not do it away; for it had a stern and gloomy expression,which added to a very dark complexion, made it no way prepossessing;...particular part of his speech addressed to us with— " You are a disgrace to your moral country, Scotland!" That had more weight than all his speech. It... | |
| Portugal. [Appendix.], Joseph Donaldson - 1827 - 568 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away; for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which added to a very dark...made it no way prepossessing; but when he opened his month, and began to pour forth a torrent of abuse on us for our conduct, and his dark eye flashed with... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1835 - 910 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away ; for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark...recapitulated our errors, ' Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell.' ****** "But General Picton was not the character which we by prejudice were led to... | |
| 1835 - 642 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away ; for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark...with indignation, as he recapitulated our errors, a ' Hope withering fled, and Mercy sighed farewell." " We also learn the following particulars of this... | |
| Heaton Bowstead Robinson - 1836 - 442 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away; for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark...recapitulated our errors, ' Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell." ****** " But General Picton was not the character which we by prejudice were led... | |
| Joseph Donaldson - 1845 - 238 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away: for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark...particular part of his speech addressed to us with, " You, are a disgrace to your moral country, Scotland!" That had more weight than all his speech. It... | |
| Joseph Donaldson - 1845 - 254 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away : for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark...recapitulated our errors, " hope withering fled, and merey sighed farewell." He wound up the particular part of his speech addressed to us with, " You are... | |
| John William Cole - 1856 - 390 páginas
...deny that I felt a prejudice against him, and his countenance did not do it away, for it had a stern and gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark complexion, made it anything but prepossessing. But when he opened his mouth, and began to pour forth a torrent of abuse... | |
| Arthur Griffiths - 1897 - 462 páginas
...was greatly prejudiced against him as he looked at "the dark, gloomy, forbidding face, which deepened when he opened his mouth and began to pour forth a torrent of abuse on us for our conduct." Yet, although no man could blame with more severity when occasion required, he was no niggard of his... | |
| Alexander Innes Shand - 1902 - 548 páginas
...felt a prejudice against him (Picton), and his countenance did not do it away, for it had a stern, gloomy expression, which, added to a very dark complexion,...conduct, and his dark eye flashed with indignation, ' Hope withering fled and Mercy sigh'd farewell.' " While the allies were amply supplied from Lisbon... | |
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