 | André Chevrillon - 1894 - Počet stránok 474
...a book in breeches.... Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from lu. lia. His enemies might perhaps have said before (though...rather too much ; but now he has occasional flashes oj silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. " 2. Par exemple : " Miss Edgeworth was... | |
 | André Chevrillon - 1894 - Počet stránok 470
...is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said beforc (though I never did so) that he talked rather too much ; but now he has occasional flashes oj silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. " 2. Par exemple : " Miss Edgeworth was... | |
 | André Chevrillon - 1894 - Počet stránok 452
...is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His cnemies might perhaps have said beforc (though I never did so) that he talked rather too much ; but now l1e l1as occasional flashes oj silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. " 2. Par exemple... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - Počet stránok 498
...breeches. Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might have said before (though I never did so) that he talked...and more important than all this is, that I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, title, before him in vain.... | |
 | John Lord - 1896 - Počet stránok 518
...certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might have said before (though / never did so) that he talked rather too much; but...and more important than all this is, that I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, title, before him in vain.... | |
 | 1896 - Počet stránok 1224
...SIB PHILIP SIDNEY — The Arcadia. Thirsis and Dona. Macaulay is like a book in breeches • * • l Ruin fiercely drives Her ploughshare o'er creation. d. YOUNG— Night Thoughts. Nigh c. SYDNEY SMITH — Lady Holland's Memoir. Vol. IP 363. Silence oppresses with too great a weight.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - Počet stránok 256
...of himself with Sydney Smith's witty description of Macaulay: " Macaulay is like a book in breeches. He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful." 3 Cf. with " the reputation of " on p. 2 and note 7. " A satire on great undertakings with small returns.... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - Počet stránok 682
...breeches. ' Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might have said before (though I never did so) that he talked...and more important than all this is, that I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, title, before him in vain.... | |
 | Rounsevelle Wildman - 1900 - Počet stránok 266
...The drtist. — " Still I wish one might say of the Contributor as Sydney Smith said of Macaulay, ' He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.' " The Typewriter. — " There is a gentleman out here that would like to have a short conversazione... | |
 | 1901 - Počet stránok 686
...breeches. Yes, I agree, he is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might have said before (though I never did so) that he talked...and more important than all this is, that I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, title, before him in vain.... | |
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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... 
