... various, so rich with observation and anecdote ; that wit which never gave a wound; that exquisite mimicry which ennobled, instead of degrading; that goodness of heart which appeared in every look and accent, and gave additional value to every talent... The Edinburgh Review - Side 5681841Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 402 sider
...accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he whose name they hold in reverence was not less distinguished...inflexible uprightness of his political conduct than l>y his loving disposition and his winning manners. They will remember that, in the last lines which... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897 - 726 sider
...accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he whose name they hold in reverence was not less distinguished...that he had done nothing unworthy of the friend of Pox and Grey ; and they will have reason to feel similar joy, if, in looking back on many troubled... | |
| Alfred Henry Malan - 1899 - 432 sider
...personal qualities made him the idol of the age. Well might Lord Holland write of himself (so expressing his joy that he had done nothing unworthy of the friend of Fox and Grey) : " Nephew of Fox, and friend of Grey, Enough my meed of fame If those who deign'd to observe me say... | |
| James Cotter Morison - 1901 - 198 sider
...every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he whose name they hold in reverencewas not less distinguished by the inflexible uprightness...political conduct than by his loving disposition and winning manners. They mil remember that in the last lines which he traced he expressed his joy that... | |
| James Cotter Morison - 1904 - 712 sider
...accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he whose name they hold in reverence was not less distinguished...political conduct than by his loving disposition and winning manners. They will remember that in the last lines which he traced he expressed his joy that... | |
| Robert D. Blackman - 1904 - 1196 sider
...accent and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he whose name they hold in reverence was not less distinguished...political conduct than by his loving disposition and winning manners. They will remember that, in the last lines which he traced, he expressed his joy that... | |
| George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 606 sider
...artist who found himself for the first time among ambassadors and earls. They will remember, finally, that in the last lines which he traced he expressed...had done nothing unworthy of the friend of Fox and of Grey ; and they will have reason to feel a similar joy if, in looking back on many troubled years... | |
| 1842 - 528 sider
...accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember too, that he whose name they hold in reverence was not less distinguished...political conduct than by his loving disposition and winning manners. They will remember that in the last lines which he traced, he expressed his joy that... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1841 - 564 sider
...accent, and gave additional value to every talent and acquirement. They will remember, too, that he turbed the equanimity of Lord Drelincourt himself. 'Twas several minutes befor upricrhness of his' political conduct, than by his loving disposition and his winning manners. The}'... | |
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