 | Walter Scott - 1896 - 466 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...character which they have won upon service. Methinks I yet * Probably the ingenious Author alludes to the national adage : The king said sail, But the wind said... | |
 | James Lumsden - Scottish drama - 1903 - 360 pages
...one of the most generally wellinformed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings. " There he stood surrounded by the little band I have mentioned...to be jealous of the high character which they have gained upon service. Methinks I yet hear and see what I shall never hear and see again. In his eighty-third... | |
 | James Lumsden - Scottish poetry - 1905 - 396 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...to be jealous of the high character which they have gained upon service. Methinks I yet hear and see what I shall never hear and see again. In his eighty-third... | |
 | James Lumsden - Scottish poetry - 1905 - 388 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...their own opinions than the national regiments are suppose.! to be jealous of the high character which they have gained upon service. Methinks I yet hear... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - Engineers - 1905 - 260 pages
...of their own opinions, than the national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character they have won upon service. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. The alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question, his information... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 262 pages
...surrounded by the little band of northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own opinions, than the national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character they have won upon service. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. The alert,... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - Engineers - 1905 - 260 pages
...national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character they have won upon service. Met Links I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. The alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question, his information... | |
 | Andrew Carnegie - Engineers - 1905 - 260 pages
...well-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 speaking, of their own opinions, than the national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character they have won... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1923 - 666 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...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question,... | |
 | Henry Winram Dickinson, Rhys Jenkins - Inventors - 1927 - 602 pages
...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...hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year,1 the alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question,... | |
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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... 
