 His bristly, black person, and shagged breast, quite open and rarely purified by any ablutions, was wrapped in a foul linen night-gown, and his bushy hair dishevelled.* In these Cynic weeds, and with Epicurean good humour, did he dictate his politics,...  George III, as Man, Monarch and Statesman - Page 384by Beckles Willson - 1907 - 622 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...late, having " a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming club at Brookes's — all his disciples. His bristly black person and shagged breast,...ablutions, was wrapped in a foul linen night-gown, and lii.s bushy hair dishevelled." It was then that the King offered the premiership to Mr. Pitt, a youth... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1853 - 434 pages
...very late, had a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming-club at Brookes' — all his disciples. His bristly, black person, and shagged...dishevelled.* In these Cynic weeds, and with Epicurean good humour, did he dictate his politics, and in this school did the heir of the crown attend his lessons... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1853 - 328 pages
...late, had a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming-club at Brookes's — all his disciples. His bristly, black person, and shagged...wrapped in a foul linen night-gown, and his bushy hair dishevelled.1 In these Cynic weeds, and with Epicurean good-humor, did he dictate his politics, and... | |
 | 1855 - 550 pages
...late, had a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming-club at Brookes's — all his disciples. His bristly, black person, and shagged...dictate his politics, and in this school did the heir to the crown attend his lessons and imbibe them. Fox's followers, to whom he never enjoined Pythagorean... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1855 - 614 pages
...Agamemnon aud Achilles.' —See Hansard'* Part. Debates, vol. xxii. p. 843. Street, in which Fox, ' his bristly black person and shagged breast, quite open, and rarely purified by any ablutions, wrapped in a foul linen gown, and his bushy hair dishevelled, dictated his politics with Epicurean... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1855 - 610 pages
...llnntard't Part. Vebalct, vol. xxii. p. 843. VOL. xcvn. NO. cxciv. '2 N Street, Street, in which Fox, ' his bristly black person and shagged breast, quite open, and rarely purified by any ablutions, wrapped in a foul linen gown, and his bushy hair dishevelled, dictated his politics with Epicurean... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - Periodicals - 1857 - 492 pages
...existed.'' (Gilly Williams to George Selwyn, 1763.) t Letter to Sir II. Mann, July 10, 1774. tions, was wrapped in a foul linen nightgown, and his bushy...and with epicurean good-humour, did he dictate his polities ; and in this school did the heir of the crown attend his lessons, and imbibe them." It was... | |
 | Great Britain - 1857 - 496 pages
...late, he held a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming-club at Brookes's, — all his disciples. His bristly black person and shagged breast, quite open, and rarely purified by any ablu• It is true, Walpole calls this " a pfood story made on "White's." " Lord Digby is very soon... | |
 | 1857 - 494 pages
...late, he held a levee of his followers, and of the members of the gaming-club at Brookes's, — all his disciples. His bristly black person and shagged breast, quite open, and rarely purified by any ablu* It is true, Walpole calls this " a good story made on White's." " Lord Digby is very soon to... | |
 | Horace Walpole - Great Britain - 1859 - 688 pages
...very late, had a levee of his followers, and of the members of the Gaming Club, at Brookes's, all his disciples. His bristly black person, and shagged breast...ablutions, was wrapped in a foul linen night-gown, and his busby hair 1783. THE PKINCE OF WALES AND FOX. 599 dishevelled. In these cynic weeds, and with epicurean... | |
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