 | George Saintsbury - 1888 - 250 páginas
...brightness,' ' no shining genius,' only ' a good plain understanding'), enthusiastically remarks that 'he possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them.' The attraction of his address seems to have extended to everyone, low or high, and the aged Evelyn,... | |
 | 1894 - 852 páginas
...effile'e." His bearing was noble and commanding, and one who particularly disliked him tells us that "he possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them." He adds that his manner was irresistible either to man or woman. The truth was, he knew how to be all... | |
 | Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (Viscount) - 1894 - 516 páginas
...effilee.'^ His bearing was noble and commanding, and one who particularly disliked him tells us, that ' He possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them.' He adds, that his manner was irresistible either to man or woman.! The truth was, he knew how to be... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1897 - 168 páginas
...conversation, which might possibly lay him under difficulties, both what to say and 20 how to look. Of all the men that ever I knew in my life (and I...not to say engrossed them ; and indeed he got the 25 most by them; for I will venture (contrary to the custom of profound historians, who always assign... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1901 - 438 páginas
...of conversation, which might possibly lay him under difficulties both what to say and how to look. Of all the men that ever I knew in my life (and I knew him extremely well), the late Duke of Maryborough possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them; and indeed he got... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 404 páginas
...qualified to sit as umpire in a court of elegance, remarks that, of all the men he ever knew, " the Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree; not to say engrossed them." John. D*/&. of M&rlboroifgh Fho!ot-tchiiig fvori a rar-r old |)rint It was said of Marlborough that... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 402 páginas
...qualified to sit as umpire in a court of elegance, remarks that, of all.the men he ever knew, "the Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree; not to say engrossed them." John, Duke of Maryborough Photo-etching from a rare old print \ \ It was said of Marlborough that he... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope - 1901 - 514 páginas
...of conversation, which might possibly lay him under difficulties both what to say and how to look. Of all the men that ever I knew in my life (and 1 knew him extremely well), the late Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - 516 páginas
...Duke of Marlborough is a good illustration of his general theory. He says, ' Of all the men I ever knew in my life, (and I knew him extremely well),...in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them; for I will venture (contrary to the custom of profound historians, who always assign deep causes for... | |
 | Charles Josselyn - 1903 - 320 páginas
...world considers them. Of all the men that I ever knew in my life—and I knew him extremely well—the late Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the...them, and indeed he got the most by them; for I will venture—contrary to the custom of profound historians, who always assign deep cause for great events—to... | |
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Of all the men I ever knew in my life (and I knew him extremely well), the late Duke of Marlborough possessed the graces in the highest degree, not to say engrossed them... 
