 | François Arago - 1839 - 154 Seiten
...trouble ; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 Seiten
...trouble; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 574 Seiten
...trouble; and indeed such was his singular talent for " making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one " could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and " pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour which ran through " most of his conversation... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 576 Seiten
...trouble; and indeed such was his singular talent for " making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one " could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and " pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour which ran through ' most of his conversation... | |
 | 1841 - 846 Seiten
...trouble ; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | 1843 - 350 Seiten
...trouble ; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 840 Seiten
...capacity in hi«. presence. With all this flow of information, his conversation, we are further informed, 'had no resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary. \\гfull of colloquial spirit and pleasantry.' Of a genrrc"and affectionate disposition, he WBS considerate... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 Seiten
...trouble ; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | 1845 - 1368 Seiten
...assuming or fastidious in his manners, or more kind or indulgent towards all who approached him. * * * His talk too, though overflowing 'with information,...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 Seiten
...trouble; and, indeed, such was his singular talent for making all things plain, clear, and intelligible, that scarcely any one could be aware of such a deficiency...on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and... | |
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His talk, too, though overflowing with information, had no resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasantry. 
