 | Sir John Lubbock - 1903 - 314 oldal
...Smith said that " 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...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." Though Macaulay lived in the centre of the literary and political world, and took an active part in... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1904 - 800 oldal
...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...what is far better and more important than all this, that I believe Macaulay to be incorruptible. You might lay ribbons, stars, garters, wealth, titles... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - 824 oldal
...Sydney Smith said of him on his return from India: " His enemies might have said before that he talked too much ; but now he has occasional flashes of silence,...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." It was Sydney Smith too, who, speaking of his enormous reading, said there were no limits to his knowledge... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1915 - 836 oldal
...Sydney Smith said of him on his return from India : " His enemies might have said before that he talked too much ; but now he has occasional flashes of silence,...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." It was Sydney Smith too, who, speaking of his enormous reading, said there were no limits to his knowledge... | |
 | Florence Howe Hall - 1916 - 144 oldal
...the fact that the great historian died before our time: "Macaulay is like a book in breeches. . . . He has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful," We must all regret that Madame de Stael ditl not live a hundred years later, for she was not only the... | |
 | 1918 - 708 oldal
..."Biographical Studies." 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...silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. — TBEVKLTAW, quoting Sydney Smith. "I am afraid I cannot say much for my ancestor, James II." "Your... | |
 | Charles Anthony Shriner - 1918 - 712 oldal
..."Biographical Studies." lie is certainly more agreeable since his return from India. His enemies might perhaps have said before (though I never did so) that he talked...silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. — TBEVELYAN, quoting Sydney Smith. "I am afraid I cannot say much for my ancestor, James II." "Your... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott - 1922 - 348 oldal
...Lamb might carry it off by looking grave and insisting on the first. Sydney Smith said of Macaulay, "He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful." In his mind Smith thought, "If he would only be silent for an instant." In his speech he would have... | |
 | 1896 - 734 oldal
...time. The Artist. "Still I wish one might say of the Contributor as Sidney 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 with... | |
 | Martin Banham - 1985 - 244 oldal
...Paul's, founder/contributor to The Edinburgh Review, and a noted wit. Speaking of Macaulay he said 'he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful'. boat that night, that he'd knocked the whole set out of his head, as clean as a whistle. Well, it's... | |
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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 delightful. 
