 has the character," writes Miss Burney (Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay, vol. vp 255), "of being so "alluring, that Mrs. Holroyd told me it was the opinion of Mr. " Gibbon no man could withstand her, and that, if she chose to "beckon the Lord Chancellor...  Works: A New, Rev. and Enl. Ed., with Illus - 178 페이지저자: George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 490 페이지
...make up their minds to supposing themselves so singular. Lady Elizabeth, however, has the character of being so alluring, that Mrs. Holroyd told me it...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience ! Percys. I had met them formerly once at Miss Reynolds'*, and once visited them when Dr. Percy was... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1843 - 462 페이지
...make up their minds to supposing themselves so singular. Lady Elizabeth, however, has the character of being so alluring, that Mrs. Holroyd told me it...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience ! Not long after our settling at Bath, I found, upon returning from the Pump-room, cards left for me... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 766 페이지
...how people good themselves as she is, can make up their minds to supposing themselves so singular. Holroyd told me it was the opinion of Mr. Gibbon no...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience ! Not long after our settling at Bath, I found, upon returning from the Pump-room, cards left for me... | |
 | 1877 - 564 페이지
...vol. vp 255, quotes Gibbon's opinion of Lady Elizabeth Foster, who considered her so fascinating " that if she chose to beckon the Lord Chancellor from...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience." This •was said in 1791. ARL Athenaeum. CHESS AMONG THE MALAYS (5th S. vi. 346, 454, 519 ; viL 58.)—... | |
 | 1898 - 664 페이지
...sudden offer of his hand, and of whom he said that " if she chose to beckon the Lord Chan- ! cellor from his woolsack in full sight of the world! he could not resist obedience." Comparing her Uteri with her predecessor, he declared, "Bess is much] nearer the level of a mortal,... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1880 - 570 페이지
...make up their minds to supposing themselves so singular. Lady Elizabeth, however, has the character of being so alluring, that Mrs. Holroyd told me it...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience ! QUERN'S SQUABE, BATH. SEPTEMBER. — With what pleased and full sensations do [ here begin a month... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 720 페이지
...married the fascinating Lady Elizabeth Foster, the " alluring " widow, of whom Gibbon asserted that " no man could withstand her, and that, if she chose...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience." A portrait of this lady, by Reynolds, was exhibited last year. She does not appear to have been painted... | |
 | Charles Wilkins - 1885 - 610 페이지
...married the fascinating Lady Elizabeth Foster, the " alluring " widow, of whom Gibbon asserted that " no man could withstand her, and that, if she chose...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience." A portrait of this lady, by Reynolds, was exhibited last year. She does not appear to have been painted... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1887 - 500 페이지
...would throw away two or three worlds if he had them in possession.' He also gave it as his opinion that ' if she chose to beckon the lord chancellor...sight of the world, he could not resist obedience.' In 1809 she became the second wife of the fifth duke of Devonshire, and after the death of her husband... | |
 | 1887 - 610 페이지
...the wisest man would throw away two or three worlds if he had them ... If she choose to beckon the Chancellor from his woolsack, in full sight of the world, he could not resist obedience." After her husband's death she lived at Bome, patronising Canova and Thorwaldsen, and other artists,... | |
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