 | 1891 - 874 էջ
...pleasant dinner, used to say, " We must have Thackeray." . . . Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | 1887 - 794 էջ
...had no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry Hill. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 260 էջ
...had no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry Hill. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 276 էջ
...had no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry Hill. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1887 - 792 էջ
...no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry Hill. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; »he had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | Gertrude Townshend Mayer - 1894 - 376 էջ
...pleasant dinner, used to say, ' We must have Thackeray.' . . . Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | Thormanby - 1907 - 372 էջ
...criticism of Henry Irving by one of his very lukewarm admirers. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1908 - 310 էջ
...kind-heartedness [the Diary continues], she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception : Thackeray always maintained she was the most naturally...sisters. At times she had an irritability of manner without more meaning in it than the rustling of the leaves of an old elm-tree when the wind passes... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1887 - 258 էջ
...had no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry Hill. Miss Agnes Berry adored her elder sister ; she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception, and Thackeray always maintained she was the more naturally gifted of the two sisters. In her youth she was a pretty, charming girl, with whom Gustavus... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 876 էջ
...kind-heartedness [the Diary continues], she had considerable clearness and acuteness of perception: Thackeray always maintained she was the most naturally...sisters. At times she had an irritability of manner without more meaning in it than the rustling of the leaves of an old elm tree when the wind passes... | |
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... over old memoirs will find Miss Berry's name associated with Horace Walpole's ; but when they met he was very old, and she was very young. She accepted his admiration with pride and gratitude, but had no aspiration to be the mistress of Strawberry... 