 I will report no other wonder but this, that though I lived with him, and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man : with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years. His...  The National Quarterly Review - Page 1201862Full view - About this book
 | Sir Sidney Lee - Authors, English - 1904 - 384 pages
...knew him from a child, yet I never knew serious him other th^na man, with such staidness of ym" '" mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace...knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind, so that even his teachers found something in him to observe and learn above that which they had usually... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - Great Britain - 1904 - 390 pages
...above greater years; his talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind, so that even his teachers found something in him to observe...above that which they had usually read or taught. Which eminence by nature and industry made his worthy father style Sir Philip in my hearing, though... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - England - 1904 - 314 pages
...a child," he says, in one place, " yet I never knew him other than a man : with such steadfastness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years. years. His talk ever of knowledge, and his very play tending to enrich his mind : so as even his teachers... | |
 | James Thomas Herbert Baily - Art - 1906 - 324 pages
...lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace...very play tending to enrich his mind, so as even his teacher found something in him to observe and learn above that which have usually read or taught."... | |
 | 1906 - 482 pages
...lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man, with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above great years; his talk ever of knowledge and his very play tending to enrich his mind so that even his... | |
 | Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke) - Authors, English - 1907 - 320 pages
...lived with him, and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man: with fuch ftaiednefle of mind, lovely, and familiar gravity, as carried...to enrich his mind : So as even his teachers found fomething in him to obferve, and learn, above that which they had ufually read, or taught. Which eminence,... | |
 | Philip Sidney - Poetry - 1907 - 152 pages
...survived, though Fulke Greville tells us that he was even in those days distinguished by 'such staiedness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above greater years ', adding that ' his very play tended to enrich his mind '. He received his early education under Thomas... | |
 | Katharine Lee Bates - England - 1907 - 466 pages
...lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man, with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above great years ; his talk ever of knowledge and his very play tending to enrich his mind so that even... | |
 | Katharine Lee Bates - England - 1907 - 450 pages
...lived with him and knew him from a child, yet I never knew him other than a man, with such staidness of mind, lovely and familiar gravity, as carried grace and reverence above great years ; his talk ever of knowledge and his very play tending to enrich his mind so that even... | |
 | Percy Addleshaw - 1909 - 458 pages
...applicable to himself or his companions : — " I never knew him other than a man : with such staidness of mind, lovely, and familiar gravity, as carried...to enrich his mind : so as even his teachers found in him something to observe, and learn, above that which they had usually read or taught. Which eminence,... | |
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