 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - Počet stránok 638
...:" " Nullttm simile quatuor pedibus currit." The remark of Sydney Smith on Macaulay is well known : "His enemies might perhaps have said before (though I never did so), that he talks rather too much ; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - Počet stránok 942
...left for it but to take off my flush and sit in my bones. Ibid. Macaulay is like a book in breeches He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. Vol. ip 363. 1 The whole nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and eren incapable of relishing... | |
 | Stuart Johnson Reid - 1884 - Počet stránok 480
...believed that he had a genuine love of his country. " He is certainly more agreeable since his return.from India. His enemies might, perhaps, have said before...silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. * * * Oh, yes! we both talk a great deal, but I don't believe Macaulay ever did hear my voice ! Sometimes,... | |
 | Enchiridion - 1885 - Počet stránok 292
...a book in breeches. ... He is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies may have said before (though I never did so) that he talked...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." An Overflow. Sydney Smith said of Macaulay that " he not only overflowed with learning, but stood in... | |
 | Stuart Johnson Reid - 1885 - Počet stránok 450
...believed that he had a genuine love of his country. " He is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might, perhaps, have said...silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. * * * Oh, yes ! we both talk a great deal, but I don't believe Macaulay ever did hear my voice ! Sometimes,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay baron Macaulay - 1886 - Počet stránok 196
...Macaulay's return from India, he was more agreeable than before he went. "His enemies," added Sidney, "might, perhaps, have said before (though I never did so) that he talked rather too much ; but no^he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful." Macaulay... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1889 - Počet stránok 470
...he is like a book in breeches. . . . Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might, perhaps, have said...is far better and more important than all this is, I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, titles, before... | |
 | Wilmot Harrison - 1889 - Počet stránok 188
...Smith's has made his comment on Macaulay memorable. " He is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said before...but now he has occasional flashes of silence that makes his conversation perfectly delightful." Then he goes on, " But what is far better and more important... | |
 | 1891 - Počet stránok 556
...speaking of the distinguished conversationalist: "Yes, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said before...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." FLATTERY TURNED то ADVANTAGE. A dependent was praising his patron for many virtues which he did not... | |
 | 1892 - Počet stránok 182
...And young as beautiful ! And soft as young ! And gay as soft! And innocent as gay ! " S-YM — R — "He has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful." SN-LI,.— " With the smile that was child-like and bland." ST-CY.— " This fellow seems to me to... | |
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Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said before (though I never did so) that he talked rather too much ; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly... 
