 The king and Mrs. McLane also had some pleasant discourse. * * In the evening there was a brilliant dress ball at the Duke of Wellington's, at which I was present. The king was there in great spirits, notwithstanding the busy day he had been through....  Works of Washington Irving - Էջ 431Washington Irving - 1862Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Pierre Munroe Irving - 1862 - 428 էջ
...the new monarch, William IV. The king keeps all London agog ; nothing but sights, and parades, aud reviews. He is determined that it shall be merry old...he seems in a most happy mood, and disposed to make everyone happy about him, and if he keeps on as he is going, without getting too far out of his depth,... | |
 | Pierre Munroe Irving - 1869 - 408 էջ
...McLane "assisted." .... In the evening there was a brilliant dress ball at the Duke of Wellington's, st which I was present. The king was there in great spirits,...back of his forefinger, which I fancy is a relic of bis old middy habits. Upon the whole, however, he seems in a most happy mood and disposed to make every... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 408 էջ
...king of Wurtemburg. Then a grand dinner at the palace at which Mr. and Mrs. McLane "assisted." .... In the evening there was a brilliant dress ball at...back of his forefinger, which I fancy is a relic of bis old middy habits. Upon the whole, however, he seems in a most happy mood and disposed to make every... | |
 | George Sidney Hellman - 1925 - 424 էջ
...royal. He was the bluff sailor who, as Irving notes in describing a ball at the Duke of Wellington's, "has an easy and natural way of wiping his nose with...which, I fancy, is a relic of his old middy habits." An affable old gentleman, well-meaning, but not over strong in mind or character, the King was more... | |
 | Beckles Willson - 1928 - 594 էջ
...the Corps Diplomatique showed symptoms of jealousy. The King took to him especially when he fflund he had begun the world by being a midshipman. The...he seems in a most happy mood, and disposed to make everyone happy about him, and if he keeps on as he is going, without getting too far out of his depth,... | |
 | Herbert Norris, Oswald Curtis - 1998 - 292 էջ
...Neither does the following description of him by Washington Irving suggest great dignity ! ' His Majesty has an easy and natural way of wiping his nose with...forefinger which, I fancy, is a relic of his old middy habit.' Life in the Royal circle during this reign was more subdued in comparison with that of the... | |
 | John Gardiner - 2002 - 332 էջ
...aground on the throne of Britain. 'His Majesty has an easy and natural way', Washington Irving observed, 'of wiping his nose with the back of his forefinger which, I fancy, is a relic of his middy habits.'4 When William died there was a palpable feeling of excitement at the prospect of a fresh... | |
 | Harvey Eugene Lehman - 2005 - 505 էջ
...ceremony. Washington Irving, on visiting his Court at St. James Palace, remarked of William, "His Majesty has an easy and natural way of wiping his nose with the pack of his hand, which, I fancy, is a relic of his midshipman days." But the English public loved... | |
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