 | Early English newspapers - 1834 - 754 pages
...Lord Erskine is or was, for I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, the most brilliant person imaginable, — quick, vivacious,...listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject, of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued, —... | |
 | 1840 - 824 pages
...discharge. Learning, which he had no opportunity of acquiring, he wanted. " Lord Erskine," says Byron, " was the most brilliant person imaginable — quick,...himself to the subject of which all his dear friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so much fatigued — self. His egotism was remarkable, but there... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1850 - 432 pages
...was, (said Byron,) — for I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, — the most brilliant person imaginable ; — quick,...listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued —... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1851 - 254 pages
...or was (said Byron), — for I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, the most brilliant person imaginable ; — quick,...listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued —... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Authors, Irish - 1855 - 614 pages
...of November, 1823, in his seventy-fourth year. Lord Byron spoke to Lady Blessington of Erskine as " the most brilliant person imaginable, quick, vivacious, and sparkling ; he spoke so well that one never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Authors, Irish - 1855 - 618 pages
...of November, 1823, in his seventy-fourth year. Lord Byron spoke to Lady Blessington of F.rskinc as " the most brilliant person imaginable, quick, vivacious, and sparkling ; he spoke so well that one never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - 1855
...of .November, 1823, in his seventy-fourth year. Lord Byron spoke to Lady Blessington of Erskine as " the most brilliant person imaginable, quick, vivacious, and sparkling ; he spoke so well, that one never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject, of which... | |
 | Richard Robert Madden - Authors, Irish - 1855 - 608 pages
..." the most brilliant person imaginable, quick, vivacious, and sparkling ; he spoke so well that one never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued—self.... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - Poets, English - 1893 - 486 pages
...was, (said Byron,) — for I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, — the most brilliant person imaginable ; — quick,...listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that subject of which all his other friends and acquaintances expressed themselves so fatigued —... | |
 | Richard Davenport-Hines, Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines - Drug abuse - 2003 - 596 pages
...however, have contributed to Erskine's notorious self-absorption. Byron's verdict on him still stands: 'the most brilliant person imaginable; — quick,...friends expressed themselves so much fatigued — self '.41 The lives and deaths of opium-users told varied stories. Its use could destroy the promise and... | |
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I suppose age has not improved him more than it generally does people, — the most brilliant person imaginable ; — quick, vivacious, and sparkling, he spoke so well that I never felt tired of listening to him, even when he abandoned himself to that... 
