 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
 | Gertrude Townshend Mayer - 1894 - 360 pàgines
...worldlyminded person I ever met ; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable....he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter." And this was the man on whose memory Byron allowed the most horrible imputations to rest — while... | |
 | 1894 - 706 pàgines
...met; 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...he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter." Toward the end of June the two poets made the tour of Lake Geneva in their boat, and were very nearly... | |
 | Gertrude Townshend Mayer - 1894 - 360 pàgines
...worldlyminded person I ever met; full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a beau idM of all that is fine, high-minded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter."... | |
 | 1895 - 482 pàgines
...; 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...highminded and noble, and he acted up to this ideal to the very letter." Like many ardent worshippers of nature, Shelley often found himself mute in her... | |
 | Arthur Henry Beavan - 1899 - 388 pàgines
...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." CHAPTER XVII 1825—1832 The declining years of Robert Smith—His verse-work— Family marriages—Death... | |
 | John Nichol - 1902 - 700 pàgines
...met; 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...and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the Tery letter." Toward the end of June the two poets made the tour of Lake Geneva in their boat, and... | |
 | Willingham Franklin Rawnsley - 1912 - 336 pàgines
...met, 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...he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter." His unconventional ways and his generosity are illustrated by the following extract from Trelawny's... | |
 | Ethel Colburn Mayne - 1912 - 382 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...rare as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a below the name ; it was Trelawny who added the consummately chosen lines from The Tempest which come... | |
 | Edwin Watts Chubb - 1914 - 488 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...rare as it is admirable. He had 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... | |
 | 1917 - 800 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...he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter ... I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again, I am certain." It would be difficult to find... | |
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