 ... than grace — with which the princely hospitality of that ancient mansion was dispensed. They will remember the venerable and benignant countenance, and the cordial voice of him who bade them welcome. They will remember that temper which years of...  Critical, Historical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 425by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1837 - 868 pages
...They will remember that temper which years of pain, of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter; and that frank politeness,...constant flow of conversation, so natural, so animated. -o various, so rich with observation and anecdote; that wit which never gave a wound; that exquisite... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1841 - 810 pages
...They will remember that temper which years of pain, of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter ; and that frank politeness which at once relieved all VOL. TIM. 4 в the embarrassment of the youngest and most timid writer or artist, who found himself... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1844 - 682 pages
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 | John Fisher Murray - 1845 - 308 pages
...welcome ; they will remember that temper which years of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter, and that frank politeness,...which at once relieved all the embarrassment of the most timid writer or artist, who found himself for the first time among ambassadors and earls." CHAPTER... | |
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...dispensed ; they will remember that temper, which years of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter; and that frank politeness,...found himself for the first time among ambassadors and earli. They will remember that, in the last lines which he traced, he expressed his joy that he had... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1848 - 328 pages
...They will remember that temper which years of pain, of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter ; and that frank...will remember that constant flow of conversation, BO natural, so animated, so varioua, so rich with observation and anecdote ; that wit which never gave... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1848 - 342 pages
...They will remember that temper which years of pain, of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter ; and that frank...which at once relieved all the embarrassment of the younges t and most timid writer or artist, who found himself for the first time among Ambassadors and... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Authors, English - 1849 - 270 pages
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 | John Fisher Murray - Thames River - 1849 - 388 pages
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 | Bernard Burke - England - 1849 - 262 pages
...dispensed ; they will remember that temper, which years of sickness, of lameness, of confinement, seemed only to make sweeter and sweeter ; and that frank...among ambassadors and earls. They will remember that, in the last lines which he traced, he expressed his joy that he had done nothing unworthy of the friend... | |
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