 He had a really noble voice, which he could modulate with great skill, but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always adopted this mode of communication in order to inspire respect. He was a capital scholar, but his ingenuous...  A History of Eton College. 1440-1875 - Page 363by Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte - 1877 - 20 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1865 - 808 pages
...He had a really noble voice, and this he could modulate with great skill ; but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...adopted this mode of communication in order to inspire respeck He was a capital scholar, but his ingenuous learning had not 'softened his manners,' and had... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1845 - 450 pages
...which he could modulate with great skill, but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, f ^ and he almost always adopted this mode of communication...— I mean, over his good temper, which he scarcely ever allowed to appear : you could not put him out of humour — that is out of the t7/-humour which... | |
 | English fiction - 1845 - 618 pages
...lie had a really noble voice, which he could modulate with great skill ; but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...inspire respect ; he was a capital scholar, but his ingenious learning had not ' softened his manners,' and had ' permitted them to be fierce ' — tremendously... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1847 - 340 pages
...this he could modulate with great ski]], but he had also the power of quacking like an angry cluck, and he almost always adopted this mode of communication...them to be fierce" — tremendously fierce ; he had such a complete command over his temper — I mean, over his good temper, that he scarcely ever allowed... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1849 - 280 pages
...great skill, but he had also the po'"er of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always adop.ed this mode of communication in order to inspire respect...but his ingenuous learning had not " softened his marmers," and had " permitted them to be fierce " — tremendously fierce ; he had the most complete... | |
 | Alexander William Kinglake - Middle East - 1864 - 348 pages
...He had a really noble voice, and this he could modulate with great skill, but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...them to be fierce" — tremendously fierce ; he had such a complete command over his temper — I mean, over his good temper, that he scarcely ever allowed... | |
 | England - 1865 - 802 pages
...He had a really noble voice, and this he could modulate with great skill ; but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...them to be fierce ' — tremendously fierce. He had such a complete command over his temper — I mean over his good temper — that he scarcely ever allowed... | |
 | Scotland - 1865 - 816 pages
...He had a really noble voice, and this he could modulate with great skill; but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...mode of communication in order to inspire respect. He wa3 a capital scholar, but his ingenuous learning had not ' softened his manners,' and had ' permitted... | |
 | England - 1865 - 814 pages
...He had a really noble voice, and this he could modulate with great skill ; but he had also the power of quacking like an angry duck, and he almost always...adopted this mode of communication in order to inspire re1865.] [March, spcct. He wag a capital scholar, but bis ingenuous learning had nut 'softened his... | |
 | John Mitchell Bonnell - English language - 1867 - 372 pages
...adopted this mode of communication in order to inspire respect he was a capital scholar but his ingenious learning had not "softened his manners," and had "permitted...temper I mean over his good temper, which he scarcely ever allowed to appear you could not put him out of humor that is, out of the illhumor which he thought... | |
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