There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in anything which came from him. There was nothing which made any demand either upon your allegiance or your admiration. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's self. He talked like... The Old Bachelor ... - Seite 1061814 - 235 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1832 - 478 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark rolling sea beneath. But one gets tired of storms, however .sublime...eloquence, no effort to shine, in any thing which caine from him. There was nothing which made any demand either upon your allegiance or your admiration.... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides', and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark-rolling sea beneath'. But one gets tired of storms', however sublime...no one ever became tired'. There was no ambition of eloquence','1 no effort to shine', in any thing which came from him'. There was nothing which made... | |
| 1836 - 342 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark, rolling sea beneath. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime...from him. There was nothing which made any demand cither upon your allegiance or your admiration. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's... | |
| 1836 - 362 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark rolling sea beneath. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime...more orderly current of nature. Of Franklin no one «ver became tired. There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in any thing which came... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 Seiten
...ever became tired. There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in anything which carne from him. There was nothing which made any demand, either upon your allegiance or your admiration. 4. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's self. He talked like an old patriarch ;... | |
| 1840 - 452 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark rolling sea beneath. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime they may be, and 1ongs for the more orderly current of nature. Of Franklin no one ever became tired. There was no ambition... | |
| John Frost - 1846 - 332 Seiten
...represents as shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castles that frowned upon the dark rolling sea beneath. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime...was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in anything which came from him. There was nothing which made any demand either upon your allegiance or... | |
| Allen Hayden Weld - 1848 - 120 Seiten
...shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castle that frowned upon the dark rolling sea beneath. 6. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime they...demand either upon your allegiance or your admiration. 7. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's self. He talked like an old patriarch ;... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 Seiten
...shaking the Hebrides, and rocking the old castle which frowned on the dark-rolling sea beneath. 3. But one gets tired of storms, however sublime they...from him. There was nothing which made any demand upon cither your + allegiance or your admiration. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's... | |
| Salem Town - 1855 - 492 Seiten
...cheerfulness and his colloquial powers spread around him a-perpetual spring. 2. Of Franklin, no ona ever became tired. There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in any thing which ever came from him. There was nothing which made any demand, either upon your allegiance or your admiration.... | |
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