 | Biography - 1833 - 504 pages
...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child : no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity,... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1834 - 394 pages
...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, 'the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity,... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Great Britain - 1834 - 402 pages
...years, amply justifies the character which has been delineated by the masterly pencil of Mr. Gibbon. ' I admired the powers of a superior man as they are blended, in his (Mr. Fox's) attractive character, with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being... | |
 | sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - 394 pages
...years, amply justifies the character which has been delineated by the masterly pencil of Mr. Gibbon. ' I admired the powers of a superior man as they are blended, in his (Mr. Pox's) attractive character, with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being... | |
 | James Machintosh - 1884 - 310 pages
...years, amply justifies the character which has been delineated by the masterly pencil of Mr. Gibbon. ' I admired the powers of a superior man as they are blended, in his (Mr. Fox's) attractive character, with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 258 pages
...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child : no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity,... | |
 | Biography - 1838 - 512 pages
...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the [Statue of Fox, in Bloomsbury Square.] softness and simplicity of a child : no human being... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman - Literature - 1840 - 382 pages
...1788) Mr. Fox gave me two days of free and private society 3. He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers...character with the softness and simplicity of a child. ' Memoires Secrets Uc la Com- de Berlin, par Mirabeau. 3 Sec Letter in the Continuation, October 1.... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - Biography - 1846 - 566 pages
...sketched with truth of one of the most amiable of great men : — " He seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers...the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood."* This sketch, which adorns the ' Life', is shaded by a dark touch or two in the ' Correspondence.' He... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 pages
...sketched with truth of one of the most amiable of great men : — " He seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers...perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood."4'' This sketch, which adorns the ' Life', is shaded by a dark touch or two in the ' Correspondence.'... | |
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He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. 
