He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of his conversation, and a vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic.... The Annual biography and obituary - Page 3981820Full view - About this book
| Decoration and ornament - 1819 - 490 pages
...be aware of such a deficiency in his presence. His talk, too, though overflowing with infori mation, had no resemblance to lecturing or solemn discoursing;...characteristic. There was a little air of affected tcstiness, and a tone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to address his younger... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1819 - 708 pages
...solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He bad a cerlain quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of...vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zeit and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic.... | |
| 1820 - 496 pages
...solemn discoursing, bui, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He bad a crruin quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of...There was a little air of affected testiness, and a lone of pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which lie used to address his younger friends, that... | |
| 1823 - 944 pages
...Iceluring or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He had n certain quiet and grave humour, which ran through...vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite zet>t and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic.... | |
| Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1824 - 334 pages
...though overflowing with information, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He had a certain o quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of...information which formed its main staple and characteristic. His voice was deep and powerful, though he commonly spoke in a low and somewhat monotonous tone, which... | |
| English literature - 1819 - 606 pages
...lecturing or solemn discoursing, but, on the contrary, was full of colloquial «pint and pleasantry. He had a certain quiet and grave humour, which ran...There was a little air of affected testiness, and a toneof pretended rebuke and contradiction, with which he used to address his younger friends, that... | |
| Europe - 1823 - 944 pages
...from the mine which they had unconsciously opened. He generally seemed, indeed, to have no choice of predilection for one subject of discourse rather than...vein of temperate jocularity, which gave infinite nest and effect to the condensed and inexhaustible information which formed its main staple and characteristic.... | |
| Robert Stuart, Robert Stuart Meikleham - Inventors - 1829 - 418 pages
...more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him. His talk, though overflowing with information, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He had...information, which formed its main staple and characteristic. His voice was deep and powerful, though he commonly spoke in a low and somewhat monotonous lone, which... | |
| Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1829 - 372 pages
...though overflowing with information, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He had a certain о quiet and grave humour, which ran through most of...information which formed its main staple and characteristic. His voice was deep and powerful, though he commonly spoke in a low and somewhat monotonous tone, which... | |
| Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1831 - 378 pages
...more kind and indulgent towards all who approached him; his talk, though overflowing with information, was full of colloquial spirit and pleasure. He had...information which formed its main staple and characteristic. His voice was deep and powerful, though he commonly spoke in a low and somewhat monotonous tone, which... | |
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