I never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I was told, but did not observe it, that his address to females was extremely deferential, and always... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Página 2971828Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 516 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since." The conduct of Burns under this dazzling... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 648 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — SIR WALTER SCOTT. Burns came to Edinburgh early in the winter ; the attentions which he received... | |
| Maude Gillette Phillips - 1885 - 614 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — SIR WALTER SCOTT. Burns came to Edinburgh early in the winter ; the attentions which he received... | |
| Charles Rogers - 1891 - 412 páginas
...saw a man in company with his superiors in station and information, more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...was extremely deferential, and always with a turn cither to the pathetic or humorous, which engaged their attention particularly. I have heard the late... | |
| 1892 - 130 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...address to females was extremely deferential, and always witti a turn either to the pathetic or humorous, which engiged their attention particularly. I have... | |
| James Craig Higgins - 1893 - 252 páginas
...saw a man in company with his superiors in station and information, more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...late Duchess of Gordon remark this. I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since. No student of Burns need fail to gather... | |
| Robert Burns - 1893 - 354 páginas
...saw a man in company with his superiors in station and information, more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this." The Duchess of Gordon was the leader of the gay society of the city when Burns arrived, and she admitted... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1893 - 304 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...particularly. I have heard the late Duchess of Gordon remark this.—I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since.' The conduct... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 300 páginas
...did npt^ observe il^ that "His address to females was extrernfily rlpfprontiai, <"v\ always with " turn either to the pathetic or humorous, which engaged...late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since.' The conduct of Burns under this dazzling... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 304 páginas
...never saw a man in company with his superiors in station or information more perfectly free from either the reality or the affectation of embarrassment. I...late Duchess of Gordon remark this. — I do not know anything I can add to these recollections of forty years since.' The conduct of Burns under this dazzling... | |
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