 ... please — to a poor servant girl, while she has been inquiring of him the way to some street — in such a posture of unforced civility, as neither to embarrass her in the acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. He was no dangler, in the common...  Literary Style: And Other Essays - Page 300by William Mathews - 1881 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1822 - 694 pages
...acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. He was no dangler, in the common acceptation of the word, after women : but he reverenced and upheld, in every...him, womanhood. I have seen him — nay, smile not — tenderlyescorting a market-woman, whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his umbrella over... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. He was no dangler, in the common acceptation of the word, after women : but he reverenced and upheld, in every...seen him — nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his umbrella over her poor basket of fruit,... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1850 - 490 pages
...acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. He was no dangler, in the common acceptation of the word, after women : but he reverenced and upheld, in every form in which it came before im, womanhood. I have seen him — nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1852 - 250 pages
...— nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had encountered in a storm, holding his umbrella over her poor basket of fruit, that it might receive no harm, with as much cheerfulness as if she had been a countess. 13. He was never married, but, in his... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1855 - 798 pages
...acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. He was no dangler, in the common acceptation of the word, after women : but he reverenced and upheld, in every...seen him — nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his umbrella over her poor basket of fruit,... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1855 - 624 pages
...acceptation of the word, after women : but he verenced and upheld, in every form in Which \v came ' him, womanhood. I have seen him — nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his umbrella over her poor basket of fruit,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1856 - 408 pages
...of it. He was no dangler, in the common acceptation of the word, after women : but he ¥0||erenced and upheld, in every form in which it came before...seen him — nay, smile not — tenderly escorting a market woman, whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his umbrella over her poor basket of fruit,... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1866 - 476 pages
...civility as neither to embarrass her in the acceptance, nor himself in the offer, of it. I have seen him tenderly escorting a market-woman whom he had encountered...as much carefulness as if she had been a countess." t Elia's good friend was a good friend to everybody. Paice spent all his fortune, something over 30,000?.,... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1866 - 698 pages
...model of modern politeness,' as ho is called in the Essays of Elia. He it was whom Lamb once saw ' tenderly escorting a market-woman whom he had encountered...no damage, with as much carefulness as if she had teen a countess.' The good man was grandson of an older Joseph Paice, born at Exeter in 1658, who became... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1866 - 818 pages
...he is called in the Essays of Elia. He it was whom Lamb once saw " tenderly escorting a market woman whom he had encountered in a shower, exalting his...as much carefulness as if she had been a countess." The good man was grandson of an older Joseph Paice, born at Exeter, 1658, who became a wealthy London... | |
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