 ... still he did when he had occasion, with more selected variety of words, nimbler volubility of utterance, or greater dexterity for tone, phrase, and accent, in all the languages thereto belonging. I have seen him...  The Scot Abroad - Page 304by John Hill Burton - 1881 - 488 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Thomas Urquhart - 1834 - 472 pages
...I have seen him circled about at the Louvre with a ring of French lords and gentlemen, who hearkned to his discourse with so great attention, that none...their judgements; the ablest advocates, barristers, or counselors at law of all the Parlement of Paris, even amongst those that did usually plead en la chambre... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 628 pages
...have seen him circled about at the Louvre with a ring of French lords and gentlemen, who hearkened to his discourse with so great attention, that none...would offer to interrupt him, to the end that the pearls falling from his mouth might be the more orderly congested in the several treasures of their... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 624 pages
...have seen him circled about at the Louvre with a ring of French lords and gentlemen, who hearkened to his discourse with so great attention, that none...would offer to interrupt him, to the end that the pearls falling from his mouth might be the more orderly congested in the several treasures of their... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 638 pages
...them, so long as he was pleased to speak, would offer to interrupt him, to the end that the pearls falling from his mouth might be the more orderly congested in the several treasures of their judgments ; the ablest advocates, barristers, or counsellors-at-law of all the Parliament of Paris,... | |
 | John Willcock - 1899 - 288 pages
...him," he says, " circled about at the Louvre with a ring of French lords and gentlemen, who hearkned to his discourse with so great attention, that none...congested in the several treasures of their judgements." 2 Part of his time abroad was devoted to the 1 Works, p. 364. * Ibid. p. 256. SPOILS OF BOOK-HUNTING... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English literature - 1913 - 624 pages
...have seen him circled about at the Louvre with a ring of French lords and gentlemen, who hearkened to his discourse with so great attention, that none...would offer to interrupt him, to the end that the pearls falling from his mouth might be the more orderly congested in the several treasures of their... | |
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