 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 oldal
...say. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional...silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, writer of Macaulay That man's silence is wonderful to listen... | |
 | Joseph Epstein - 1992 - 340 oldal
...sumptuous lunch. Not everything he said was interesting — what was it Sydney Smith said of Macaulay, "He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful"? — but as I listened to him I thought, I have heard the phrase "money talks" all my life, and here I am actually... | |
 | Ruth I. Hansten - 1994 - 276 oldal
...responsibility will be called upon to be accountable for their actions, even if it's "just a joke." He has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful. REVEREND SYDNEY SMITH One of my staff enjoys telling people: "It's my way or the highway." What can... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - 1996 - 278 oldal
...You can't say 'No.' " Warren Harding's father (as quoted in Eric Goldman, Rendezvous with Destiny) He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. Sydney Smith (speaking of Thomas Macaulay) He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 oldal
...always talk who never think. MATTHEW PRIOR, (1664-1721) British 5 His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional...silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. SYDNEY SMITH, (1771-1845) British clergyman, writer. Quoted in Memoir, vol. 1, ch. 11, Lady Holland... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 oldal
...grave. 3933 (ofMacaulay) He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. 3934 (ofMacauley) He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. 3935 I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so. 3936 Oh, don't tell me of facts... | |
 | Andre Bernard, Clifton Fadiman - 2000 - 808 oldal
...return from India, Sydney Smith professed to notice an improvement. "His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional...that make his conversation perfectly delightful." ì As Macaulay was notoriously clumsy about shaving himself, his rooms were always scattered with fragments... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 oldal
...Minister has not yet been confirmed. Punch, 29 March 1922, 'Charivaria', p. 241 64:58 [of Macaulay] He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightfuL Sydney Smith, 1855, in Lady Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith, I, Ch. 11 64:59 [Reverend... | |
 | Fireside pictorial annual - 1883 - 806 oldal
...conversationalist: "Yes, 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...now he has occasional flashes of silence that make hie conversation perfectly delightful!" XXVII. CLASSICAL WIT. Dr. Maginn dining with a friend on ham... | |
 | 1913 - 510 oldal
...about such queer little details." "Macaulay," says Sydney Smith, "is like a book in breeches. . . . He has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful." Who but remembers those sad, sad days, when one first began the struggle with Geometry. One had plodded... | |
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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. 
