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" He made a very ill appearance : he was very big : his hair red, hanging oddly about him : his tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked to : and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court. "
The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 400
1846
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Cr. Maginn. Ham house, and its inhabitants. Hampton court, past and present ...

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1854 - 336 pages
...stay, I must not anticipate ; my reader is not introduced there at present. Take, then, the portraiture drawn by Burnet — his enemy, to be sure. " The Duke...those whom he would fain court. Sir Peter Lely, in his portrait, has softened these harsh points, so far as personal appearance is concerned. There is...
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Recollections of Literary Characters and Celebrated Places: Dr. Maginn. Ham ...

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1854 - 344 pages
...stay, I must not anticipate ; my reader is not introduced there at present. Take, then, the portraiture drawn by Burnet — his enemy, to be sure. " The Duke...those whom he would fain court. Sir Peter Lely, in his portrait, has softened these harsh points, so far as personal appearance is concerned. There is...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, Volume 9

Thomas Thomson - 1855 - 466 pages
...very big," says the same authority ; " his hair red, hanging oddly about him. His tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked...to ; and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court." Although twice married, the Duke of Lauderdale left no male issue ; and...
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A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen: Supplement Abercrombie-Wood

Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson - 1855 - 728 pages
...very big," says the same authority; "his hair red, hang, ing oddly about him. His tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked...to ; and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court." Although twice married, the Duke of Lauderdule left no male issue ; and...
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The Fifty Years' Struggle of the Scottish Covenanters, 1638-88

James Dodds - 1861 - 420 pages
...very ill appearance ; he was very big ; his hair red, hanging oddly about him ; his tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked...to ; and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court." In the amusing contemporary " Dialogue betwixt Hamilton and Lauderdale,"...
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Works of the Camden Society, Volume 87

1864 - 208 pages
...very ill appearance: he was very big: his hair red, hanging oddly about him: his tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked...to, and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court. He was very learned, not only in Latin, in which he was a master, but in...
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Five Letters of King Charles II, Communicated to The Camden Miscellany

Charles II (King of England) - 1864 - 218 pages
...very ill appearance: he was very big: his hair red, hanging oddly about him: his tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked...to, and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court. He was very learned, not only in Latin, in which he was a master, but in...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People ...

1864 - 852 pages
...ар]>еагапсе. ' Не was very big. his hair red, hanging oddly about him. His tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked to ; and his whole manner was very unfit for a court.' | MAITREYA was, according to the Buddhists, a disciple of the Buddha Silkyaimmi...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 6

1868 - 858 pages
...of his appearance. ' He was very big, his hair red, hanging oddly about him. His tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked to ; and his whole manner was very unfit for a court.' MAITREYA was, according to the Buddhists, a disciple of the Buddha S'akyamuni...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 6

1868 - 854 pages
...of hia appearance. 'He was very big, his hair red, hanging oddly about him. His tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked to; and hia whole manner was very unfit for a court.' MAITREYA was, according to the Buddhists, a disciple...
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