 As he entered the apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that she could scarce ask whether he would not sit down. He answered by flinging...  Academy Notes - Page 25by Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 676 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...answered by flinging a letter on the table, and instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet she only... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 686 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...answered by flinging a letter on the table, and instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet she only... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - Authors, Irish - 1826 - 334 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...by flinging a letter on the table, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 560 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...by flinging a letter on the table, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1827 - 550 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...scarce ask whether he would not sit down. He answered hy flinging a letter on the tahle, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 380 pages
...peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vansssa with such terror, th;it she could scarce ask whether he would not sit down....by flinging a letter on the table, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...to express the stronger passions, struck Ihe unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that she coulil rican Book Exchange leaving the house, mounted his horse, and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | 1839 - 694 pages
...scene, " the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the stronger passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror that...by flinging a letter on the table, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse, and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | Irishman - 1842 - 254 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...by flinging a letter on the table, and, instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...apartment, the sternness of his countenance, which was peculiarly formed to express the fiercer passions, struck the unfortunate Vanessa with such terror, that...by flinging a letter on the table ; and instantly leaving the house, mounted his horse, and returned to Dublin. When Vanessa opened the packet, she only... | |
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