 | American essays - 1905 - 880 pages
...everybody who was known, and to see everything which ought to be seen . " There was not," he says, "a congregation of sages and philosophers in any part...Europe which he did not attend as a brother. ... He was everywhere and at everything; he had gone down in a divingbell and gone up in a balloon." Carlyle called... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1907 - 876 pages
...by a dash of humour, of which rare and charming quality he possessed no inconsiderable portion. . . His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity ; an...brother. He was present at the camp of Kalisch in his yeomaury uniform, and assisted at the festivals of Barcelona in an Andalusian jacket. He was everywhere,... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...portion. Vavasour liked to know everybody who was known, and to see everything which ought to be seen. His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity, an...social celebrity. There was not a congregation of sages ana philosophers in any part of Europe which he did not attend as a brother. As for his acquaintances.... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1888 - 620 pages
...them an insufficient camera to photograph a character. Here are one or two — " His life (Vavasour) was a gyration of energetic curiosity, an insatiable whirl of social celebrity. He was everywhere and at everything. He had gone down in a diving bell, and gone up in a balloon."... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...portion. Vavasour liked to know everybody who was known, and to see everything which ought to be seen. His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity, an...congregation of sages and philosophers in any part ci Europe which he did not attend as a brother. As for his acquaintances, he was welcomed in every... | |
 | 1865 - 516 pages
...see everything which ought tobe seen. His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity, an insatiahle whirl of social celebrity. There was not a congregation...part of Europe which he did not attend as a brother. As for his acquaintances, he was welcomed in every land : his universal sympathies seemed omnipotent.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1866 - 686 pages
...the Amphitryon of a cluster of personal enemies. He prided himself on figuring as the social medinm by which rival reputations became acquainted, and...philosophers in any part of Europe which he did not attend OS' a brother. He was present at the camp of Kalisch in his yeomanry uniform, and assisted at the festivals... | |
 | American literature - 1873 - 848 pages
.... . Vavasour liked to know everybody who was known, and to see every thing which ought to be seen. His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity, an...social celebrity. There was not a congregation of satres and philosophers in any part of Europe which he did not attend as a brother. He was present... | |
 | Literature - 1885 - 852 pages
...description so admirable that it practically exhausts the man — "a poet and a real poet." But then, " his life was a gyration of energetic curiosity; an...the festivals of Barcelona in an Andalusian jacket." An existence of this kind could not but have the effect of with drawing attention from his poetry.... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - Great Britain - 1886 - 334 pages
...description so admirable that it practically exhausts the man — " a poet and a real poet." But then " his life was a gyration of energetic curiosity ; an...the festivals of Barcelona in an Andalusian jacket." An existence of this kind could not but have the effect of withdrawing attention from his poetry. Speech... | |
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His life was a gyration of energetic curiosity ; an insatiable whirl of social celebrity. There was not a congregation of sages and philosophers in any part of Europe which he did not attend as a brother. He was present at the camp of Kalisch in his yeomanry... 
