 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 страници
...spirit ; and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in such Billingsgate language as should not come out of the mouth of any...' Giving a lick with the rough side of his tongue '. Life of the Lord Keeper Guilford 215 'Recreations of a 'IpHE doctor had no favourite diversion,... | |
 | Ernest F. Henderson - 2004 - 468 страници
...spirit; and his weakness was that he could not reprehend without scolding ; and in such Billingsgate language as should not come out of the mouth of any...lousy, knitty rascal," with much more of like elegance. . . . And that visage he put on when he animadverted on such as he took offence at, which made him... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 664 страници
...spirit ; and his weakness was, that he could not reprehend without scolding, arid in such Billingsgate language as should not come out of the mouth of any...He called it giving a lick with the rough side of • Life of Lord Keeper Guildforil, ii. p. 113. 5 ч 2 CHAP. III.] [Воок VIII. his tongue. It \vas... | |
 | R. ABERCROMBIE M.A - 1885 - 1098 страници
...spirit ; and his weakness waa that he could not reprehend without scolding, and in such Billingsgate language as should not come out of the mouth of any man. He called it giving a Ink with Iherouyhsidc of hit tongue. He seemed to lay nothing of his business to heart. Many times,... | |
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... forth his severities with a sort of majesty. He had extraordinary natural abilities, but little acquired, beyond what practice in affairs had supplied. He talked fluently, and with spirit ; and his weakness was, that he could not reprehend without... 
