 | 1858 - 620 pages
...universally allowed to be a person of a very good understanding : call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest order, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man... | |
 | John Styles, Roger Therry - 1830 - 466 pages
...universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding ; cull him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a bntterfly were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...jocular he is strong; when he is serious, he ii like Samson in a wig. Call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to be as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1845 - 496 pages
...universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding ; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,....highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Sclwyn, and perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The Foreign Secretary... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - 1848 - 292 pages
...jocular, he is strong ; when he is serious, he is like Samson in a wig. Call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...butterfly were to teach bees to make honey. That he was an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1850 - 196 pages
...be universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tickell,... | |
 | 1850 - 216 pages
...jocular, he is strong ; when he is serious he is like Sampson in a wig. Call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tiekell,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 252 pages
...be universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tickell,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 490 pages
...be universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation,...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tickell,t... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1856 - 502 pages
...a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of.a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and perhaps Tickell,f... | |
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... understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey. 
