The Williamses received me in their earnest cordial manner; we had a great deal to communicate to each other, and were in loud and animated conversation, when I was rather put out by observing in the passage near the open door, opposite to where I sat,... Anecdote Biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 215edited by - 1876 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward John Trelawny - 1859 - 336 pages
...By our method of travelling, we could sketch, shoot, fish, and observe everything at our leisure. If our progress was slow, it was most pleasant. We crossed...deal to communicate to each other, and were in loud 4 3 and animated conversation, when I was rather put out by observing in the passage near the open... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 494 pages
...Williamses lived on different flats under the same roof, as is the custom on the Continent. The Williamses received me in their earnest, cordial manner ; we...mine ; it was too dark to make out whom they belonged io/o^Tith the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams's eyes followeiffih* Direction of mine, and going... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1875 - 510 pages
...Williamses lived on different flats under the same roof, as is the custom on the Continent. The Williamses received me in their earnest, cordial manner ; we...steadily fixed on mine ; it was too dark to make out whom thev belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams's eve's followed the direction of mine,... | |
| Edward John Trelawny - 1878 - 260 pages
...Williamses lived on different flats under the same roof, as is the custom on the Continent. The Williamses received me in their earnest cordial manner ; we had...they belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams' s eyes followed the direction of mine, and going to the doorway, she laughingly said, " Come... | |
| 1878 - 800 pages
...narrative which Trelawny has given of his first meeting with the poet in Pisa. " The Williamses," he says, "received me in their earnest cordial manner. We had...they belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams' s eyes followed the direction of mine, and, going to the doorway, she laughingly said, "... | |
| 1878 - 794 pages
...narrative which Trelawny has given of his first meeting with the poet in Pisa. " The Wmiamses," he says, " received me in their earnest cordial manner. We had...great deal to communicate to each other, and were in load and animated conversation when I was 18 1878.] Shelley's Life and Writings. rather put out by... | |
| John Addington Symonds - 1879 - 216 pages
...words — words no less certain of immortality than the fame of him they celebrate. " The Williamses received me in their earnest, cordial manner ; we...they belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams' s eyes followed the direction of mine, and going to the doorway she laughingly said, ' Come... | |
| John Addington Symonds - 1879 - 216 pages
...words — words no less certain of immortality than the fame of him they celebrate. "The Williamses received me in their earnest, cordial manner ; we...animated conversation, when I was rather put out by observ ing in the passage near the open door, opposite to whero I sat, a pair of glittering eyes steadily... | |
| Edward Dowden - 1886 - 616 pages
...Arno. " The Williamses," he writes, in a well-known and delightful chapter of his "Recollections," "received me in their earnest cordial manner ; we...they belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams.* eyes followed the direction of mine, and going to the doorway she laughingly said — "... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1892 - 526 pages
...to the world. The scene of his introduction to Shelley has been often quoted : — "The Williamses received me in their earnest, cordial manner. We had...they belonged to. With the acuteness of a woman, Mrs. Williams 's eyes followed the direction of mine, and going to the doorway she laughingly said, 'Come... | |
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