 | Walter Scott - Scotland - 1820 - 348 pages
...of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 552 pages
...of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question,... | |
 | Geology - 1839 - 474 pages
...best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-first year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, had his attention at every one's question,... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1827 - 370 pages
...not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his 85th year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention at every one's question, his information... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eightyfifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, * Probably the ingenious author alludes to the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 380 pages
...of the most generally well-informed, — but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eightyfifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man, * Probably the ingenious author alludes to the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1833 - 502 pages
...informed, but one of the best and kindest of human being«. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati ; men not less tenacious generally...hear, what I shall never see or hear again. In his 85th year, the alert, kind, and benevolent old man had his attention at every one's question, his information... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1833 - 502 pages
...informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There he stood, surrounded by the little band of northern literati ; men not less tenacious generally...have won upon service. Methinks I yet see and hear, wliat I shall never see or hear again. In his 85th year, the alert, kind, and benevolent old man had... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 584 pages
...one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood surrounded by the little band I bare mentioned of northern literati , men not less tenacious,...supposed to be jealous of the high character which they hare gained upon service. Methinkf I yet see and hear what I shall nerer see and hear again. In his... | |
 | Dominique François J. Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood, surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...the high character which they have won upon service. Me thinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-second year, the alert,... | |
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... only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes, was not only one of the most generally well-informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. There... 
