 | John Paget - 1839 - 530 pages
...the best speakers and has one of the most philosophical heads in the Diet. * Personalis presentiee regis, locum tenens. Heavy and dull in appearance,...number of words ending in consonants, particularly in &, every word is distinctly marked even to the ear of one totally unacquainted with the language. I... | |
 | 1840 - 700 pages
...attention. Deák is one of the best speakers, and has one of the most philosophical heads in the Diet. Heavy and dull in appearance, it is not till he warms...one totally unacquainted with the language. I cannot characterise the Hungarian as either soft or musical, but it is strong, energetic, manly : the intonation... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1840 - 628 pages
...attention. Dcak is one of the best speakers, and has one of the most philosophical heads in the Diet. Heavy and dull in appearance, it is not till he warms...of words ending in consonants, particularly in k, even' word is distinctly marked even to the ear of one totally unacquainted with the language. I cannot... | |
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Heavy and dull in appearance, it is not till he warms with his subject that the man of talent stands declared. He spoke in Hungarian, and I was much struck with the sonorous, emphatic, and singularly clear character of the language. From the number of... 