 OF all the celebrated persons whom in my life I have chanced to see, Dr. Franklin, both from his appearance and his conversation, seemed to me the most remarkable. His venerable patriarchal appearance, the simplicity of his manner and language, and the...  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly - Page 69by Samuel Romilly - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1843 - 530 pages
...Baynes to Franklin, then in the pleniJude of his fame, from the recent independence of America : " Dr. Franklin was indulgent enough to converse a good...time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed." At Geneva, Romilly made but a short stay ; the... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1840 - 650 pages
...Baynes to Franklin, then in the plenitude of his fame, from the recent independence of America; — ' Dr. Franklin was indulgent enough to converse a good...time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed.' — vol. ip 69. At Geneva Romilly made but a... | |
 | Ireland - 1840 - 748 pages
...desirous of seeing. At Paris they met Franklin. " Of all the celebrated persons," says Sir Samuel, " whom in my life, I have chanced to see, Dr. Franklin,...time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed." From Paris he went direct to Geneva. At Lausanne... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...In his passage through Paris he met Dr. Franklin, of whom lie speaks in the following terms: " Ofall the celebrated persons whom in my life I have chanced...and the novelty of his observations, at least the no. velty of them at tint, time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as one of the most extraordinary... | |
 | 1840 - 764 pages
...celebrated persons whom, in my life, I have chanced to see, l)i Franklin, both from his appearance and hi» conversation, seemed to me the most remarkable. His...that time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him us of one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed. The American Constitutions were then very... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 1840 - 904 pages
...whom, in my life, I have chanced to see, Dr Franklin, both from his appearance and his con. venation, seemed to me the most remarkable. His venerable patriarchal...and the novelty of his observations, at least the noveltyof them at that time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as of one of the most extraordinary... | |
 | English literature - 1840 - 760 pages
...celebrated persons ' whom in my life I have chanced to see, Franklin, both from his 'appearance and conversation, seemed to me the most remarkable. '...venerable patriarchal appearance, the simplicity of his man' ner and language, the novelty of his observations, at least the ' novelty of them at that time... | |
 | 1841 - 572 pages
...Dr. Franklin, who was then residing at Passy, and I had the great satisfaction of accompanying him on his visit. Dr. Franklin was indulgent enough to converse...time to me, impressed me with an opinion of him as one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed. The American constitutions were then very recently... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 720 pages
...Franklin, in his autobiography, with French enthusiasm. " Of all the celebrated persons," he says, " whom in my life I have chanced to see, Dr. Franklin,...the novelty of them at that time to me, impressed me as of one of the most extraordinary men that ever existed." Mr. Baynos, who kept a diary during his... | |
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