 | Augustus Jessopp - Deans, Cathedral and collegiate - 1897 - 268 pages
...actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. " The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered that each gave advantage to the other,...company one of the delights of mankind. " His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit, both being made useful by a commanding judgment. "... | |
 | Augustus Jessopp - 1897 - 268 pages
...actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. " The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered that each gave advantage to the other,...company one of the delights of mankind. " His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit, both being made useful by a commanding judgment. "... | |
 | Truman Jay Backus - American literature - 1897 - 510 pages
...beneath his subtlety. " The melancholy and pleasant humor were in him so contempered," says Walton, "that each gave advantage to the other, and made his company one of the delights of mankind." Donne's early manhood was influenced by the companionship of the famous wits of the Mermaid Tavern.... | |
 | University extension - 1895 - 748 pages
...manuscript only, the poems being first printed in a collection after his death. 1896.] September. him BO contempered, that each gave advantage to the other,...and made his company one of the delights of mankind. ' ' Indeed, the cleverness of his conversation became noted and his witty sayings were quoted far and... | |
 | Clyde Bowman Furst - Beowulf - 1899 - 212 pages
...actions gave an inexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humors were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other,...made his company one of the delights of mankind." Indeed, the cleverness of his conversation became noted, and his witty sayings were quoted far and... | |
 | Izaak Walton - Fishing - 1901 - 524 pages
...actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other,...company one of the delights of mankind. His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit ; both being made useful by a commanding judgment.... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1825 - 536 pages
...actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other,...company one of the delights of mankind. His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit; both being made useful by a commanding judgment. His... | |
 | John Donne - English poetry - 1904 - 74 pages
...; All which I meant to praise, and yet I would; But leave because I cannot as I should. BEN JONSON. His fancy was inimitably high, equalled only by his great wit ; both being made useful by a commanding judgment. IZAAK WALTON. 0 Contents JOHN DONNE I.— LYRICAL AND AMATORY PIECES... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1906 - 416 pages
...unexpressible addition of comeliness. • " The melancholy and pleasant humor were in him so tempered that each gave advantage to the other, and made his...company one of the delights of mankind. " His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit ; both being made useful by a commanding judgment.... | |
 | John Bunyan - Poets, English - 1909 - 438 pages
...actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to the other,...company one of the delights of mankind. His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit; both being made useful by a commanding judgment. His... | |
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He was of stature moderately tall; of a straight and equallyproportioned body, to which all his words and actions gave an unexpressible addition of comeliness. The melancholy and pleasant humour were in him so contempered, that each gave advantage to... 
