 This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder of their family, but of the times, for his astonishing skill in drawing. They protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed us some of his productions...  Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay - Page 304by Fanny Burney - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 494 lehte
...mingled modesty and pleasure, both becoming and interesting. She was, indeed, a sweetly pleasing girl. pleased with them, and made them a long visit, which...were really beautiful. Those that were copies were delightful—those of his own composition amazing, though far inferior. I was equally struck with the... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 494 lehte
...mingled modesty and pleasure, both becoming and interesting. She was, indeed, a sweetly pleasing girl. pleased with them, and made them a long visit, which...were really beautiful. Those that were copies were delightful—those of his own composition amazing, though far inferior. I was equally struck with the... | |
 | Henry Bull (of Devizes.) - 1859 - 642 lehte
...the wonder of the family was yet to be prod need. This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder...protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed ua some of his productions which were really beautiful. Those that were copies, were delightful, those... | |
 | Henry Bull - 1859 - 636 lehte
...much, the wonder of the family was yet to be produced. This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder of their family but of the tiroes for his astonishing skill in drawing. They protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1880 - 536 lehte
...much, the wonder of the family was yet to be produced. This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder...of the times, for his astonishing skill in drawing. 1 They protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed us some of his productions that were really... | |
 | 1888 - 844 lehte
...face, eyes full of music, and pockets full of pistols? Not at all. But a very handsome girl with fine age, who seems to be not merely the wonder of their...family, but of the times, for his astonishing skill at drawing. They protest he.has never had any instruction, yet showed us some of his productions that... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1889 - 420 lehte
...Inn, at Devizes, she was struck with the son of her hostess, Mrs. Lawrence, "a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder of [his] family, but of the times, for his astonishing skill in drawing. The future Sir Thomas Lawrence^... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1890 - 482 lehte
...much, the wonder of the family was yet to be produced. This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder...family, but of the times, for his astonishing skill in drawing.1 They protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed us some of his productions that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 508 lehte
...they slept one night at the Bear Inn, Devizes. They saw the landlord's son, 'a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder...of the times, for his astonishing skill in drawing. We found that he had been taken to town, and that Sir Joshua Reynolds had pronounced him, the mother... | |
 | William Outram Tristram - 1893 - 402 lehte
..." the wonder of the family was yet to be produced. This was their brother, a most lovely boy of ten years of age, who seems to be not merely the wonder...family, but of the times, for his astonishing skill at drawing. They protest he has never had any instruction, yet showed us some of his productions, that... | |
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