 ... like fifty ferpents. AT firft, I really thought he Was mad, and, as he fat near me, began to be under fome apprehenfions for my own fafety, when our landlord, perceiving me alarmed, aflured me aloud, that I had nothing to fear — " The gentleman...  The expedition of Humphry Clinker - Page 139by Tobias Smollett - 1790Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Smollett - 1793 - 268 pages
...— fometimes he burft out a-laughing — then he folded his arms, and fighed — and then he hifled like fifty ferpents. At firft, I really thought he...to fear. " The gentleman (faid .he) is " trying to aft a part, for which he is by no " means qualified — if he had all the inclination " in the world,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1796 - 560 pages
...— fometimes he burft out a laughing — then he folded his arms, and fighed — and then he nifled like fifty ferpents. At firft, I really thought he...to fear — " The gentleman (faid he) is trying to a£ta part for which he is by no means qualified — if he had all the inclination in the world, it... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...landlord, perceiving me alarmed, assured me aloud that I had nothing to fear. * The gentleman,' said he, ' is trying to act a part for which he is by uo means qualified : if he had all the inclination in the world, it is not in his power to be mad ;... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pages
...landlord, perceiving me alarmed, assured me aloud that I had nothing to fear. ' The gentleman,' said he, ' is trying to act a part for which he is by no means qualified ; it he had all the inclination in the world, it is not in his power to be mad ; his spirits are too... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...landlord, perceiving me alarmed, assured me aloud that I had nothing to fear. - The gentleman,' said he, ' is trying to act a part for which he is by DO means qualified : if he had all the inclination in the world, it is not in his power to be mad ;... | |
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