Gibbon poured balm upon my bruises by condescending, once or twice in the course of the evening, to talk with me : the great historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 321841Full view - About this book
| American periodicals - 1830 - 504 pages
...suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy, but it was done more suo, his mannerism prevail ed ; still he tapped his snuff-box, still he smirked and...smiled, and rounded his periods with the same air of goodbreeding, as if he were conversing with men. His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round hole,... | |
| James Boswell - 1831 - 690 pages
...light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; — but it was done mure snu ;— still his mannerism prevailed ; — still he tapped...smiled ; and rounded his periods with the same air of good-breeding, as if he were conversing with men — His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1831 - 586 pages
...light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; — but it was done more suo ;— still his mannerism prevailed ; — still he tapped...smiled ; and rounded his periods with the same air rf good-breeding, as if he were conversing with men — His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round... | |
| 1831 - 616 pages
...butit was don« nuire sita— «till hie mannerism prevailed ; still he tapped his snuff-box; stttl he smirked, and smiled, and rounded his periods with the same air of good breeding as it' he were conversing with meo. His mouth, mellifluous вв Plato's, wae a round hole, nearly in the... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 590 pages
...of the boy; but it was done more ««/>•>; — still his mannerism prevailed; — still he tapped1 his snuff-box, — still he smirked, and smiled; and rounded his periods with the same air of goodbreeding, as if he were conversing with men. — His mouth mellifluous as Plato's, was a round... | |
| Great Britain - 1837 - 534 pages
...the boy ; but it was done more sud, — still his mannerism prevailed, still he tapped his snuff-box, and rounded his periods with the same air of good breeding as if he were conversing with men." Sheridan's and Erskine's conversational powers, Mr. Colman does not seem to have estimated quite so... | |
| 1837 - 490 pages
...the boy ; but it was done more sud, — still his mannerism prevailed, still he tapped his snuff-box, and rounded his periods with the same air of good breeding as if he were conversing with men." Sheridan's and Erskine's conversational powers, Mr. Colman does not seem to have estimated quite so... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1839 - 486 pages
...historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more suo : still his mannerism prevailed, still he tapped his...of good breeding as if he were conversing with men. His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round hole, nearly in the centre of his visage. — Vol. ip... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - 1840 - 390 pages
...historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more suo : still his mannerism prevailed, still he tapped his...of good breeding as if he were conversing with men. His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round hole, nearly !n the centre of his visage.— Vol. ip... | |
| Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (historien).) - Literature - 1840 - 386 pages
...historian was light and playful, suiting his matter to the capacity of the boy ; but it was done more sun : still his mannerism prevailed, still he tapped his...of good breeding as if he were conversing with men. His mouth, mellifluous as Plato's, was a round hole, nearly In the centre of his visage.— Vol. ip... | |
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