 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1907 - 876 pages
...matutinal meal, provided yon were celebrated. That qualification, though, was rigidly enforced. . . A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition...various information. Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with ereryone ; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not mtinged... | |
 | 1865 - 810 pages
...acquainted, and paid each other in his presence the compliments which veiled their ineffable disgust. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition and from the influence of his rich -arm various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife sympathizing withevcryone ; and perhaps, after... | |
 | 1865 - 538 pages
...acquainted, and paid each other in lus presence the compliments which veiled their ineffable disgust. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition...information, Vavasour moved amid the strife sympathizing with everyone ; and perhaps, after all, thephilanthropy, which was his boast, was not uutingod by a dash... | |
 | 1865 - 516 pages
...acquainted, and paid each other in his presence the compliments which veiled their ineffable disgust. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition...information, Vavasour moved amid the strife sympathizing withevery one ;and perhaps, afta-ail.thephilanthropy, which was his boast, was not un tinged by a dash... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1871 - 508 pages
...rarely happened that never were men more incongruously grouped. Individuals met at his hospitable house who had never met before, but who for years had been...various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with every one ; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1871 - 504 pages
...rarely happened that never were men more incongruously grouped. Individuals ncv at his hospitable house who had never met before, but who for years had been...various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with every one ; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1877 - 504 pages
...rarely happened that never were men more incongruously grouped. Individuals met at his hospitable house who had never met before, but who for years had been...various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with every one ; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1881 - 506 pages
...rarely happened that never were men more incongruously grouped. Individuals met at his hospitable house who had never met before, but who for years had been...various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with every one ; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss Reid - Authors, English - 1890 - 558 pages
...sport sometimes became tragic. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition, and from the w influence of his rich and various information, Vavasour moved amid the strife, sympathising with every one; and perhaps, after all, the philanthropy which was his boast was not untinged... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - English literature - 1898 - 398 pages
...his matutinal meal, provided yon were celebrated. That qualification, however, was rigidly enforced. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition...which was his boast was not untinged by a dash of humor, of which rare and charming quality he possessed no inconsiderable portion. Vavasour liked to... | |
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All this was very well at his rooms in the Albany, and only funny ; but when he collected his menageries at his ancestral hall in a distant county, the sport sometimes became tragic. A real philosopher, alike from his genial disposition and from the influence... 
