His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters; his social virtues in all the relations, and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the centre of a very great and unparalleled variety of agreeable societies, which... Annual Register - Pagina 195a cura di - 1821Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
| Edmund Burke - 1837 - 744 pagine
...on surprise or provocation ; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most try, accumulating wealth in many centuries, than the...set of miserable outcasts, a few years ago, not so m by letters — his social virtues in all the relations and in all the habitudes of life, rendered him... | |
| Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 538 pagine
...dedicated, that it was called the panegyric of Apelles pronounced by Pericles. It concludes thus : — " His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes VOL. in. 2 p of life, rendered... | |
| Henry Malden - 1838 - 528 pagine
...dedicated, that it was called the panegyric of Apelles pronounced by Pericles. It concludes thus:—" His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes VOL. Ill, 2 F of life, rendered... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pagine
...on surprise or provocation ; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinizing eye in any part of his conduct or discourse....— powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters — his social virtues in all the relations and in all the habitudes of life, rendered him... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 360 pagine
...or provocation; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinising eye in any part of his conduct or discourse. His talents of every kind—powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters — his social virtues in all the... | |
| Matthew Pilkington - 1840 - 794 pagine
...artist of his time in their best. We cannot conclude this article better than in the words of Burke: " His talents of every kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters; his social virtues, in all the relations and all the hahitudes of life, rendered him the... | |
| 1866 - 956 pagine
...on surprise or provocation, nor was tlic least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinizing eye in any part of his conduct or discourse....kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the... | |
| People - 1845 - 346 pagine
...on surprise or provocation ; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinizing eye, in any part of his conduct or discourse....kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the... | |
| John Thomas Smith - 1845 - 328 pagine
...on surprise or provocation; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinizing eye, in any part of his conduct or discourse....kind, powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters, his social virtues in all the relations, and all the habitudes of life, rendered him the... | |
| Peter Burke - 1845 - 490 pagine
...provocation ; nor was the least degree of arrogance or assumption visible to the most scrutinising eye in any part of his conduct or discourse. His talents...— powerful from nature, and not meanly cultivated by letters — his social virtues in all the relations and in all the habitudes of life, rendered him... | |
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