 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1844 - 608 pages
...Lord Temple being the only other guest. — As the evening advanced, Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had * His letter is dated St. James's Street,... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 pages
...Temple being the only other guest. — As the evening advanced, Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his owii aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of statesmen,...ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had * His letter is dated St. James's Street,... | |
 | Earl Richard Grenville-Temple Temple - Great Britain - 1853 - 650 pages
...dinner, Lord Temple being the only other guest. As the evening advanced, Wolfe, heated perhaps by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...Ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had taken his leave, and his carriage was... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 608 pages
...Wolfe—heated, perhaps, by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of statesmen,—broke forth into a strain of gasconade and bravado. He drew...Ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had taken his leave, and his carriage was... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 520 pages
...broke forth into a strain of gasconade and bravado. He drew his sword, he rapped the table with it, ho flourished it round the room, he talked of the mighty...Ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had taken his leave, and his carriage was... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1853 - 428 pages
...Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his * Letter, February 18. 1755. .f To his mother, November 6. 1751. own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...bravado. He drew his sword, he rapped the table with it, ho flourished it round the room, he talked of the mighty things which that sword was to achieve. The... | |
 | English literature - 1853 - 604 pages
...dinner, Lord Temple being the only other guest. As the evening advanced, Wolfe, heated perhaps by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...strain of gasconade and bravado. He drew his sword, he rnpped the table with it, he flourished it round the room, he talked of the mighty things which that... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 pages
...advanced, Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his * Letter, February 18. 1755. + To his mother, November 6. 1751. own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...forth into a strain of gasconade and bravado. He drew '»is sword, he rapped the table with it, ho flourished it round the room, he talked of the mighty... | |
 | John Timbs - Biography - 1860 - 432 pages
...dinner, Lord Temple being the only other guest. As the evening advanced, Wolfe, heated, perhaps, by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...Ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit. And when at last Wolfe had taken his leave, and his carriage was... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1860 - 528 pages
...lord Temple being the only other guest. " AB the evening advanced, Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of...ministers sat aghast at an exhibition so unusual from any man of real sense and real spirit." t Was there not some other exciting cause than Wolfe's own aspiring... | |
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As the evening advanced, Wolfe — heated, perhaps, by his own aspiring thoughts, and the unwonted society of statesmen — broke forth into a strain of gasconade and bravado. He drew his sword, he rapped the table with it, he flourished it round the... 
