 | 1852 - 532 pages
...brought back the charm which once was upon his writing before I wearied of it. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each...free my lungs and change my position, so that I did iiot get tired. . . I left him that night, intending to go out very often to their house. I assure... | |
 | 1852 - 454 pages
...the flippant Frenchman iu the following account of CARLYLE'S DINNER PARTY. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each...ballad. He let me talk, now and then, enough to free my lunga and change my position, so that I did not get tired. That evening he talked of the present state... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1852 - 802 pages
...brought back the charm which once was upon his writing before I wearied of it. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each one was like the stanza of a narrative ballad, lie let me talk iiow ami lieu enough to free my lungs and change my position, so that 1 did not irv'.... | |
 | 1852 - 1228 pages
...brought back the charm which once was upon his writing, before I wearied of it I admired bis Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each one was like the stanza of a narratira ballad." On another occasion : " All Carlylc's talk, that evening, was a defense of mere... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 610 pages
...aneedotes, with which his mind and memory are full. " He let me talk now and then," says Miss Fuller, " enough to free my lungs and change my position, so that I did not get tired." At the second visit, his humor was changed ; he was in his more acrid mood, and railed at, and depreciated... | |
 | American periodicals - 1852 - 662 pages
...brought back the charm which once was upon his writing, before I wearied of it. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each one was like the stanza of а narrativo ballad." On another occasion : " All Carlyle's talk, that evening, was a defense of mere... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd, Charles Norris Williamson - Authors, Scottish - 1881 - 414 pages
...brought back the charm which once was upon his writing, before I wearied of it. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great full sentences, so that each...evening, he talked of the present state of things iu England, giving light, witty sketches of the men of the day, fanatics and others ; and some sweet,... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1884 - 502 pages
...charm which was once upon his writing before she wearied of it.' She admired his Scotch dialect, ' his way of singing his great full sentences so that each...one was like the stanza of a narrative ballad.' ' He talked of the present state of things in England, giving light witty sketches of the men of the day... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1884 - 512 pages
...charm which was once upon his writing before she wearied of it.' She admired his Scotch dialect, ' his way of singing his great full sentences so that each...one was like the stanza of a narrative ballad.' ' He talked of the present state of tilings in England, giving light witty sketches of the men of the day... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1884 - 838 pages
...charm which was once upon his writing before she wearied of it.' She admired his Scotch dialect, 'his way of singing his great full sentences so that each one was like the stanza of a Margaret Fuller. 843 narrative ballad.' 'He talked of the present state of things in England, giving... | |
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I was quite carried away with the rich flow of his discourse; and the hearty, noble earnestness of his personal being brought back the charm which once was upon his writing, before I wearied of it. I admired his Scotch, his way of singing his great, full... 
