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" In the art of cutting he shone unrivalled : he knew the " when," the " where," and the " how." Without affecting useless short-sightedness, he could assume that calm but wandering gaze, which veers, as if unconsciously, round the proscribed individual;... "
Granby: A Novel - Seite 109
von Thomas Henry Lister - 1826 - 330 Seiten
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The Works of Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 Seiten
...more. He loved to turn upon th« luckless adopters of his last folly, and see them precipitately hack out of the scrape into which himself had led them....wandering gaze, which veers, as if unconsciously, round tlie proscribed individual; neither fixing, nor tobe fixed; not looking on vacancy, nor on any one...
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The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Band 1

William Jesse - 1844 - 430 Seiten
...under the blandest cajolery. " In the art of cutting he shone unrivalled ; he knew the ' when, ' and the ' where, ' and the ' how :' without affecting...but wandering gaze, which veers as if unconsciously around the proscribed individual, neither fixing nor being fixed; that indefinable look which excuses...
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The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell, Band 1

William Jesse - 1844 - 426 Seiten
...under the blandest cajolery. " In the art of cutting he shone unrivalled ; he knew the ' when, ' and the ' where, ' and the ' how :' without affecting...but wandering gaze, which veers as if unconsciously around the proscribed individual, neither fixing nor being fixed; that indefinable look which excuses...
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The Modern British Essayists: Smith, Sydney. Works

1852 - 498 Seiten
...back out of the scrape into which himself had led them. "In the art of cutting he shone uurivalled: he knew the 'when,' the 'where,' and the ' how.' Without...fixing, nor to be fixed ; not looking on vacancy, nor on anyone object; neither occupied nor abstracted; a look which perhaps excuses you to the person cut,...
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The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith - 1870 - 842 Seiten
...led them. "In the art of cutting he shone unrivalled: lie knew the 'when,' the 'where,' and ft« ' how.' Without affecting useless short-sightedness,...unconsciously, round the proscribed individual ; neither filing, nor to be fixed ; not looking on vacancy, nor on any one object; neither occupied nor abstracted...
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The Beaux of the Regency, Band 1

Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1908 - 410 Seiten
...absurdities in the best point of view, and would cloak his derision under the blandest cajolery. . . . " In the art of cutting he shone unrivalled : he knew...gaze, which veers, as if unconsciously, round the prescribed individual ; neither fixing, nor to be fixed ; not looking on vacancy, nor on any one object;...
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Beau Brummell and His Times

Roger Boutet de Monvel - 1908 - 246 Seiten
...remarkably expressive and mobile features. " Without affecting useless shortsightedness," says Lister, " he could assume that calm but wandering gaze which...proscribed individual, neither fixing nor to be fixed, neither occupied nor abstracted." Indeed, however limited our experience of British customs, there...
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