 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1899 - 836 pages
...and never for a moment forgot that he was an Honourable, — at the practice of Entail, and tanked the ingenuity of conveyancers to tie up his villa...The conformation of his mind was such that whatever wae IHtli- seemed to him great, and whatever wae great seemed to him little. Serious business was a... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1901 - 280 pages
...example, squarely calling him a ' coxcomb,' and Macaulay, writing almost in our own time, saying, ' The conformation of his mind was such that whatever...great, and whatever was great seemed to him little ' — he unquestionably had marked abilities. Macaulay himself concedes that ' his writings rank as... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1901 - 282 pages
...example, squarely calling him a ' coxcomb,' and Macaulay, writing almost in our own time, saying, ' The conformation of his mind was such that whatever...to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little'—he unquestionably had marked abilities. Macaulay himself concedes that 'his writings rank... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...too simple to admire it. On Bungan't Pilgrim't Progrew. 1831. The conformation of his mind was snch that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little. On Horace Wolpole. 1833. What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man ! — To be regarded... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1188 pages
...fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too Simple to admire it. On Bunyan'i rUgrim'i Progresi. 1831. The conformation of his mind was such that whatever...great, and whatever was great Seemed to him little. On Horace Walpole. 1833. What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man '. — To be... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1903 - 644 pages
...be published after his decease ; at rank, and never for a moment forgot that he was an Honourable ; at the practice of entail, and tasked the ingenuity...conveyancers to tie up his villa in the strictest settlement. T — The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little j seemed to him great, and whatever... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1903 - 506 pages
...rank, and nevei ^-\' vt•for a moment forgot that he was an Honourable ; at the practice \ r^}'-\ t of, entail, and tasked the ingenuity of conveyancers...'•'"' .^ '•' his villa in the strictest settlement. The_eonformation of his mind was such that whatever was \ little seemed to him great, and whatever,... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - English literature - 1906 - 304 pages
...crotchety. We may even go part way with Macaulay. "The conformation of his mind," says that historian, "was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little." No doubt, something of this disproportion is almost an essential ingredient of the dilettante wherever... | |
 | Adlai Ewing Stevenson - United States - 1909 - 518 pages
...would straighten up a little." It may be truly said of Reynolds, as Macaulay said of Horace Walpole: "The conformation of his mind was such that whatever...great; and whatever was great, seemed to him little." Having in his inaugural given expression to the noble sentiment that "proscription for opinion's sake... | |
 | Adlai Ewing Stevenson - United States - 1909 - 684 pages
...affected humility or mock modesty, which I sincerely despised, and then / would straighten up a little." that whatever was little seemed to him great; and whatever was great, seemed to him little." Having in his inaugural given expression to the noble sentiment that "proscription for opinion's sake... | |
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... scandal; at society, and was blown about by its slightest veerings of opinion ; at literary fame, and left fair copies of his private letters, with copious notes, to be published after his decease ; at rank, and never for a moment forgot that he was... 
