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" He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine... "
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's travels. Directions to servants - Page 39
by Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814
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... Roundabout Papers: To which is Added, The Second Funeral of Napolean ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 880 pages
...— " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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Roundabout Papers: (From the Cornhill Magazine) To which is Added, The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1884 - 664 pages
...— '• The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pages
...— " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his Court, which alone...
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... Gulliver's Travels: The Voyage to Lilliput

Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 64 pages
...is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine,...seven in great felicity, and generally victorious. 7. For the better convenience of beholding him I lay on my side, so that my face was parallel ' to...
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Roundabout Papers, to which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...— " The Emperor's features^' Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by t/te breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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Complete Works, Volume 4

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...— " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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The Complete Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges ; The ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pages
...— " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD

W. C. TAYLOR - 1890 - 890 pages
...taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine,...then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and three-quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity, and generally victorious.*...
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The Phonetic Journal, Volume 42

1890 - 864 pages
...taller, by almost the breadth of my ши!, than any of hie court, which alone U enough to strike an »we into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine,...graceful, and his deportment majestic. He was then past hue prime, being twenty-eight ;• ird and three-quarters old, of which he had reigned about •even...
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Thackeray's Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 pages
...!) — " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, "are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...
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