 Here is a young and courtly Mandarin, handing tea to a lady from a salver, two miles off. See how distance seems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another, (for likeness is identity on teacups,) is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored...  Selections from the Essays of Elia - Page 176by Charles Lamb - 1897 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1823 - 732 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...seems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored on... | |
 | 1823 - 734 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...and courtly Mandarin, handing tea to a lady from a galver — two miles off. See how distance eeems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1828 - 266 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...and courtly Mandarin, handing tea to a lady from a salver—two miles off. See how distance seems to set off respect! And here the same lady, or another—for... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...seems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat,, moored... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...seems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored on... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath . their sandals. I love...seems to set off respect! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored ob... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, has made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the...seems to set off respect ! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored on... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...on terra firma still — for so we must in courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, — which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, had made...seems to set off respect! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea- cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...on terra firma still — for so we must in courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, — which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, had made...seems to set off respect! And here the same lady, or another — for likeness is identity on tea-cups — is stepping into a little fairy boat, moored on... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...on terra firma still — for so we must in courtesy interpret that speck of deeper blue, — which the decorous artist, to prevent absurdity, had made to spring up beneath their sandals. I love the njen with women's faces, and the women, if possible, with still more womanish expressions. . ••... | |
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