... the bottle, and relapsed into his former taciturnity. It was impossible, during this visit, for any of us to make out his real character ; there was such a reserve and sternness in his behaviour, with occasional sallies, though very transient, of... The Cornhill Magazine - Page 598edited by - 1911Full view - About this book
| Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount), Matthew Henry Barker - 1836 - 500 pages
...with occasional sallies, though very transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities...there, we think you would have made something of him t for you have been in the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." It was probably about the... | |
| Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1844 - 586 pages
...with occasional sallies, though very transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people. — Clarke and M- Arthur, vol. ip 37. 4 Vide p. 136. of: nor would any that reflected one moment. All... | |
| Horatio Nelson (1st visct.) - 1844 - 590 pages
...superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the cirilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than * Yes...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people. — Clarke and M- Arthur, vol. ip 37. ' Vide p. 136. of: nor would any that reflected one moment. All... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1845 - 970 pages
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention, by shewing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than yes or no. If you, Fanny, had been there, we think you would have made something of him, for you have been... | |
| English essays - 1845 - 732 pages
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention, by shewing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than ytt or no. If you, Fanny, had been there, we think you would have made something of him , for you have... | |
| Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Admirals - 1849 - 572 pages
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by shewing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." From a letter addressed to his uncle, William Suckling, Esq. dated November 14, 1785, communicating... | |
| Joseph ALLEN (of Greenwich Hospital.) - 1853 - 290 pages
...with occasional sallies, though very transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities...you would have made something of him ; for you have the habit of attending to these odd sort of people. ' ' — Clarke and M' Arthur. * This is somewhat... | |
| Anthologies - 1879 - 760 pages
...though transient, of a ! superior mind. I endeavoured, being placed near him, to rouse his attention, showing him all the civilities in my ¡ power; but I drew out little more than > yes and no. We think, Fanny, that if you had been there, some thing might have been made of him, since • It Ь... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1888 - 380 pages
...insane patients. ' If you, Fanny, had been there,' the fair and vivacious Creole wrote to Mrs. Nisbet, 'we think you would have made something of him ; for...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people.' To the Nevis ladies, Captain Nelson's taciturnity was the more curious and perplexing, because his... | |
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