 | Science - 1838 - 482 pages
...was accustomed to lament, mainly as abridging his season for intellectual labour, and especially a» disqualifying him for original thought and composition....out of the same highlytoned sensibility, that guided in taste his letters, and that softened and elevated his whole moral frame and bearing. His comprehensive... | |
 | Science - 1838 - 482 pages
...in habits of close intercourse with him, might not, perhaps, have been always rightly interpreted. Thus there was occasionally a reserve of manner that...out of the same highlytoned sensibility, that guided in taste his letters, and that softened and elevated his whole moral frame and bearing. His comprehensive... | |
 | 1838 - 524 pages
...C. Henry (Biographical Memoir of the late Dr. Henry), that in the general intercourse of society he was distinguished by a polished courtesy, by an intuitive...highly-toned sensibility that guided his tastes in loiters, and that softened and elevated his whole moral frame and bearing. His comprehensive range... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 524 pages
...C. Henry (Biographical Memoir of the late Dr. Henry), that in the general intercourse of society he was distinguished by a polished courtesy, by an intuitive...and elevated his whole moral frame and bearing. His comprehensive range of thought and knowledge, his proneness to general speculation in contradistinction... | |
 | ROBERT HUNT F.R.S, F.S.S. - 1862 - 256 pages
...it one of the most popular books in our tongue. In the general intercourse of society Dr. Henry'was distinguished by a polished courtesy, by an intuitive...opinions of others; qualities issuing out of the same high-toned sensibility, that guided his taste in letters, and that softened and elevated his whole... | |
 | William Walker - 1864 - 198 pages
...the middle of the last century. He could have made it one of the most popular books in our tongue. In the general intercourse of society Dr. Henry was...opinions of others ; qualities issuing out of the same high-toned sensibility, that guided his taste in letters, and that softened and elevated his whole... | |
 | William Walker - 1864 - 198 pages
...middle of the last century. He could have made it one of the most popular books in our tongue. . . In the general intercourse of society Dr. Henry was...forethought and respect for the feelings and opinions ol others; qualities issuing out of the same high-toned sensibility, that guided his taste in letters,... | |
 | Edward Mansfield Brockbank - Hospitals - 1904 - 402 pages
...excel in conducting delicate investigations. He had a polished courtesy, an intuitive propriety, and a considerate forethought and respect for the feelings and opinions of others. A reserve of manner noticed occasionally, which might be regarded as implying coldness of feeling by... | |
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In the general intercourse of society, Dr Henry was distinguished by a polished courtesy, by an intuitive propriety, and by a considerate forethought and respect for the feelings and opinions of others ; — qualities issuing out of the same highlytoned... 