 | Basil Hall - Japan - 1818 - 220 pages
...respected, as well as esteemed, and his society is courted for his own sake. Madera is about twenty-eight years of age, of a slender figure and very active;...arrival, he was asked what had become of his companion Anya; he replied, " Anya, him mother sick, he go him mother house ;" and when asked if he would return,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1818 - 574 pages
...beyond the line of strict propriety. When required by etiquette to be grave, no one is so ¡mmoveably serious as Madera, and when mirth rules the hour,...arrival, he was asked what had become of his companion Anya; he replied, " Anya, him mother sick, he go him mother house ;" and when asked if he would return,... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1818 - 628 pages
...a disagreeable expression. He is always cheerful, and often lively and playful, but his good cense prevents his ever going beyond the line of strict...occasions, that he not only catches the outward tone of his сотряпу, but really appears to think and feel as they do. His enterprising spirit and versatility... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 590 pages
...immoveably serious as Madera, and when mirth rules the hour, he is the gayest of the gay : such indeed it his taste on these occasions, that he not only catches...but really appears to think and feel as they do. His enterprizino spirit and versatility of talent have led him to engage in a number of pursuits ; his... | |
 | 1818 - 492 pages
...gayest of the gay ; such indeed, is his taste on these occasions, that he not only catches the^outward tone of his company, but really appears to think and feel as they do. His enterpiizing spirit and versatility of talent, have led him to engage in a number of pursuits ; his... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...beyond the line of strict propriety. When required by etiquette to be grave, no one is so immoveablyj serious as Madera, and, when mirth rules the hour,...arrival, he was asked what had become of his companion Anya; he replied, ' Anya, him mother sick, he go him mother house ;' and when asked if he would return,... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Explorers - 1843 - 456 pages
...beyond the line of strict propriety. When required by etiquette to be grave, no one is so immovably serious as Madera, and when mirth rules the hour,...but really appears to think and feel as they do."* A slight accident which had befallen Captain Maxwell was made the occasion or pretext for a visit on... | |
 | 1818 - 586 pages
...serious as Madera, and when mirth rules the hour, he is the gayest of the gay : such indeed is bis taste on these occasions, that he not only catches the outward tone ef his company, but really appears to think and feel as they do. His enterprising spirit and versatility... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 572 pages
...respected, as well as esteemed, and his society is courted for his own sake. ' Madera is about tvvenly-eight years of age, of a slender figure, and very active;...but really appears to think and feel as they do. His enterprizing spirit and versatility of talent have led him to engage in a number of pursuits ; his... | |
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Madera is about twenty-eight years of age, of a slender figure and very active; his upper teeth project in front over the lower ones, giving his face a remarkable, but not a disagreeable expression. He is always cheerful, and often lively and playful,... 