 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 270 oldal
...mind, like a great cyclopaedia, to be opened at any letter his associates might choose to turn up. His talk, too, though overflowing with information,...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation ; and... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 oldal
...; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all tiiings plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humor, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | 1899 - 206 oldal
...talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware . i of such a deficiency in his presence. His talk, too,...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation; and... | |
 | John Mackintosh - 1896 - 532 oldal
...assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. . . . He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and in a vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite jest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 454 oldal
...trouble; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humor, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 462 oldal
...trouble; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the consomething of a spirit of proselytism and arrogance in those who mistake their own casual associations... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 272 oldal
...trouble; and, indeed, such was h« singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 oldal
...trouble; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...with information, had no resemblance to lecturing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1910 - 402 oldal
...less assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. His talk, too, though Overflowing with information,...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humor, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
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His talk, too, though overflowing with information, had no resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. 
