 | 1858 - 620 pages
...make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest order, I do most readily admit. After George Selwyn, and...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century.' But in this passage our incomparable friend was unconsciously giving point and currency... | |
 | 1829 - 476 pages
...were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The foreign secretary is a gentleman, a respectable, as well as an highly agreeable man... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - 430 pages
...is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out of the highest lustre, i do most readilv admit. After George Selwyn, and, perhaps, Tickell,...has been no such man for this last half century." — Peter Plymley's Letlert. An English Dinner. — An excellent and wellarranged dinner is a most'pleasing... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The foreign secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as an highly agreeable man... | |
 | Charles Maybury Archer - Anecdotes - 1848 - 292 pages
...nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey. That he was an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner-out...and perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for the last half-century." — Peter Plymley's Letters. THE AUTHORSHIP OF " WAVERLEY." Mus. MURRAY KEITH,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1848 - 580 pages
...were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The Foreign Secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as a highly agreeable man... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...he would, for that species of man, be universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The foreign secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as a highly agreeable man... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Catholic emancipation - 1852 - 246 pages
...were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest lustre, I do most readily admit. After...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The Foreign Secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as a highly agreeable man... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...he would, for that species of man, be universally regarded as a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The foreign secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as a highly agreeable man... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1859 - 1360 pages
...were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary \vriter of small poetry, and a diner out of the highest lustre. I do most readily admit. After...perhaps Tickell, there has been no such man for this half century. The Foreign Secretary is a gentleman, a respectable as well as a highly agreeable man... | |
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... a person of a very good understanding; call him a legislator, a reasoner, and the conductor of the affairs of a great nation, and it seems to me as absurd as if a butterfly were to teach bees to make honey. That he is an extraordinary writer of small... 
