Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

In which is given a faithful Portraiture of two distinguished Persons; and an accurate Description o

           Pott,asadelicateacknowledgmentofhavingreceivedaninvitation,hadalreadyconfidentlypredictedintheEatanswillGAZETTE‘wouldpresentasceneofvariedanddeliciousenchantmentabewilderingcoruscationofbeautyandtalentalavishandprodigaldisplayofhospitalityaboveall,adegreeofsplendoursoftenedbythemostexquisitetaste;andadornmentrefinedwithperfectharmonyandthechastestgoodkeepingcomparedwithwhich,thefabledgorgeousnessofEasternfairylanditselfwouldappeartobeclothedinasmanydarkandmurkycolours,asmustbethemindofthespleneticandunmanlybeingwhocouldpresumetotaintwiththevenomofhisenvy,thepreparationsmadebythevirtuousandhighlydistinguishedladyatwhoseshrinethishumbletributeofadmirationwasoffered.’ThislastwasapieceofbitingsarcasmagainsttheINDEPENDENT,who,inconsequenceofnothavingbeeninvitedatall,hadbeen,throughfournumbers,affectingtosneeratthewholeaffair,inhisverylargesttype,withalltheadjectivesincapitalletters.

           Themorningcame:itwasapleasantsighttobeholdMr.Tupmaninfullbrigand’scostume,withaverytightjacket,sittinglikeapincushionoverhisbackandshoulders,theupperportionofhislegsincasedinthevelvetshorts,andthelowerpartthereofswathedinthecomplicatedbandagestowhichallbrigandsarepeculiarlyattached.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 323 из 1301