 His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description; but whoever once heard him repeat an ode of Horace, would be long before they could endure to hear it repeated by another.  Annual Register of World Events - Strona 21788Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1786 - Liczba stron: 330
...the fage in Raffelas, he fpoke, and attention watched his lips ; he -reafoned, and conviction clofed his periods: if poetry was talked of, his quotations...extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - Liczba stron: 556
...his quotations were ths readieil; and had he not been eminent for more folid and brilliantqualities, mankind would have united to extol his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription ; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | 1791 - Liczba stron: 302
...RafTelas, he fpoke, and attention watched his lips ; he reafoned, and conviction clofed his period*: if poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readieft...extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription ; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - Liczba stron: 238
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - Liczba stron: 210
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united to extol his extraordinary memory." Though the vigour of his mind was almost beyond parallel, yet from early prejudices, which all his... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - Liczba stron: 660
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 154
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...extraordinary memory — His manner of repeating, deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description; but whoever... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - Liczba stron: 250
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description : but whoever... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Liczba stron: 366
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - Liczba stron: 656
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
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