 | 1812 - 560 Seiten
...herself, after a visit with which she was honoured by this great intellectual luminary : « When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid...present day. In strength of thought, in promptness and plenteousncss of allusion: in wit und humour, in that high-coloured eloquence which results from poetic... | |
 | 1811 - 576 Seiten
...luminary : * When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Wellsburn. I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers,...them. He is styled the Johnson of the present day. la •trength of thought, in promptness and plenteousness of allusion ; in wit and humour, in that... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1812 - 562 Seiten
...life ? When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Wellsbum. I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers,...received of them. He is styled the Johnson of • The seat of Court Dewes, esq. near Strafford-upon-Avon. the present day. In strength of thought, in promptness... | |
 | 1812 - 708 Seiten
...friends. ' When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Weilsburn. I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers, but they exceeded every description I had heard of them. He is styled the Johnson of the present day. In strength of thought, in promptness and... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 706 Seiten
...Parr. When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Wellesbourne. I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers,...in that high-coloured eloquence, which results from poetic imagination — there is * " The seat of Court Dewes, Esq., near Stratford upon Avon." — S.... | |
 | William Field - 1828 - 490 Seiten
...visit of two days at Wellesbourne. " I was prepared to expect extraordinary powers of conversation, but they exceeded every description I had received...in that high-coloured eloquence, which results from poetic imagination, there is a very striking similarity to the departed despot. That, when irritated,... | |
 | William Field - 1828 - 504 Seiten
...visit of two days at Wellesbourne. " I was prepared to expect extraordinary powers of conversation, but they exceeded every description I had received...in that high-coloured eloquence, which results from poetic imagination, there is a very striking similarity to the departed despot. That, when irritated,... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 716 Seiten
...Parr. When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Wellesbourne. (l was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers,...had received of them. He is styled the Johnson of f the present day. In strength of thought, in promptness and plenteousness of allusion, in wit and... | |
 | Edward Verrall Lucas - 1907 - 440 Seiten
...PARR i " When I had the honour of a visit from Dr. Parr, he staid two days and nights at Wellsburn. I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers,...in wit and humour, in that high-coloured eloquence iwhich results from poetic imagination — there is a very striking similarity to the departed despot.... | |
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I was prepared to expect extraordinary colloquial powers, but they exceeded every description I had received of them. He is styled the Johnson of the present day. In strength of thought, in promptness and plenteousness of allusion ; in wit and humour,... 