He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly... The European Magazine, and London Review - Página 1881807Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Marie Liechtenstein (Pcesse.) - 1874 - 608 páginas
...private society. He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 páginas
...eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. "I admired," says Mr Gibbon, "the powers of a superior man, as they...character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child ; no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood." From... | |
| Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 páginas
...eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. "I admired," says r his pride and flattery, a child ; no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood." From... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 páginas
...private society. He seemed to feel and even to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempted from... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 páginas
...private society. He seemed to feel and even to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempted from... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1881 - 336 páginas
...eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, ' the powers of a superior man, as they...character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child ; no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.' From... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 páginas
...eloquence roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. 'I n'lmired,' ' says ion a child: no human being ever was more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.' From... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 454 páginas
...private society.2 He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no 1 Me'moire Secret de la Cour cle Berlin. > See letter... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 474 páginas
...private society.2 He seemed to feel7"and even to envy, the happiness of my -situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no 1 Me'moire Secret de la Cour de Berlin. « See letter... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1891 - 456 páginas
...private society.2 He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no 1 Me"moire Secret de la Cour de Berlin. s See letter... | |
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