 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1820 - 596 страници
...and, indeed, displayed no insignificant remains of that light-heeled vigour, which enabled him in bis youth (ere yet he had found nobler means of distinction,)...his mind and temperament, than from the influence of any thing he has learned by mixing more largely in the world. He is truly a most interesting person... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1820 - 532 страници
...means of distinction,) to bear the bell on all occasions from the runners and leapers of Etlrick-dale. The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind,...his mind and temperament, than from the influence of any thing he Las learned by mixing more largely in the world. He is truly a most interesting person... | |
 | 1866 - 848 страници
...generosity, gives an insight into his character : — " The great beauty of this man's deportment, to mv mind, lies in the unaffected simplicity with which...has learned by mixing more largely in the world." The following tribute to the memory ol Hogg, I take from the speech of Professor Aytoun, delivered... | |
 | John Wilson - 1863 - 514 страници
...runners and leapers of Ettrick-dale. The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind, lies m the unaffected simplicity with which he retains, in...perhaps, in the main, rather from the natural delicacy of • Burns'a acal bore the impress of a lark, and the legend, " Wood notes wild."— M. his t1mid and... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1877 - 522 страници
...homeliness. And Lockhart thus, with unusual generosity, gives an insight into his character : — " The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind,...has learned by mixing more largely in the world." The following tribute to the memory of Hogg I take from the speech of Professor Aytoun, delivered at... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1884 - 376 страници
...poet in the same predicament with honest Hogg.—WASHINGTON IRVING ("Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey"). The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind,...mixing more largely in the world. He is truly a most interesting person—his conversation is quite picturesque and characteristic, both in its subjects... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1885 - 378 страници
...in the same predicament with honest Hogg. — WASHINGTON IRVING ("Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey"). The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind,...mixing more largely in the world. He is truly a most interesting person — his conversation is quite picturesque and characteristic, both in its subjects... | |
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The great beauty of this man's deportment, to my mind, lies in the unaffected simplicity with which he retains, in many respects, the external manners and appearance of his original station — blending all, however, with a softness and manly courtesy,... 