 Disraeli and he formed at the moment a finely-contrasted picture. Understanding his game perfectly, the author deferred, constantly and adroitly, to the opinion of his noble listener, shaped his argument by his suggestions, allowed him to say nothing...  A L'abri: Or The Tent Pitch'd - Էջ 51Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1839 - 172 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1839 - 196 էջ
...wonder that, meeting him for the first time, Lord Durham was (as he was expected to be by the Aspasia of that London Academe) impressed. He was not carried...Lady Blessington, but was compelled, by a superior intellectual magnetism, to turn aside and pay homage to her guest. With all this instinctive management,... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1849 - 392 էջ
...great quality of a statesman — retenu. D'Israeli ;md he formed at the moment a finely contrasted picture. Understanding his game perfectly, the author...Lady Blessington, but was compelled, by a superior intellectual magnetism, to turn aside and pay homage to her guest. With all this instinctive management... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 396 էջ
...great quality of a statesman — retenu. D "Israeli and he formed at the moment a finely contrasted picture. Understanding his game perfectly, the author...Lady Blessington, but was compelled, by a superior intellectual magnetism, to turn aside and pay hoic • age to her guest. With all this instinctive... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - 1910 - 468 էջ
...hair, and you will scarce wonder that meeting him for the first time Lord Durham was impressed. . . . Disraeli and he formed at the moment a finely-contrasted...Lady Blessington, but was compelled by a superior intellectual magnetism to turn aside to pay homage to her guest. . . . Without meaning any disrespect... | |
 | Robert Ernest Spiller - 1926 - 470 էջ
...blazing before him; but the telescope of judgment was in his hand — to withdraw at pleasure. . . . Understanding his game perfectly, the author deferred,...Lady Blessington, but was compelled, by a superior intellectual magnetism, to turn aside and pay homage to her guest." The insight which Willis displays... | |
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