He was the most gentle, most amiable, and least worldly-minded person I ever met; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a beau... The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment - Pàgina 1581833Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1831
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed...imagination, but a total •want of worldly wisdom." MEDWIN'S LIFE OF SHELLEY.* IT will be seen that by a curious, but a perfectly accidental, coincidence,... | |
| 1832 - 598 pàgines
...amiable, and least worldly-minded person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall ngain, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 pàgines
...of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed himself a beau idéal of all that is fine, highminded, and noble, and he...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| 1834 - 604 pàgines
...amiable, and It-axt worldly-minded person I ever met; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| 1834 - 754 pàgines
...most amiable, and best informed person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to...noble, and he acted up to this ideal, even to the letter. He had a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly wisdom. I have seen nothing... | |
| 1834 - 724 pàgines
...most amiable, and best informed person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. He bad formed to himself a beau ideal of all that is fine, high-minded, and noble, and he acted up to... | |
| 1840 - 588 pàgines
...amiable, and least worldlyminded person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius joined to a...highminded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal to the very letter." All accounts confirm it. No one ever knew him without loving him. Many love him... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1850 - 432 pàgines
...amiable, and least worldly-minded person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to...as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a beau idial of all that is fine, high-minded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter.... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1851 - 254 pàgines
...amiable, and least worldly-minded person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to...formed to himself a beau ideal of all that is fine, high minded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter. He had a most brilliant... | |
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