 In person, in education and improvement, in quickness of perception, in facility and elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manners tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired respect, and...  The Ohio Cultivator Vol. I- FOR 1845 - Էջ 87M.B. Bateham - 1845Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Henry Colman - 1844 - 572 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manners tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...realized. But who was the person I have described ? A mere statue, to adorn a gallery of sculpture ? a bird of paradise, to be kept in a glass case ? a mere doll,... | |
 | Henry Colman - 1851 - 528 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manners tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...realized. But who was the person I have described ? A mere statue, to adorn a gallery of sculpture ? a bird of paradise, to be kept in a glass case ? a mere doll,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing, George William Curtis - 1856 - 650 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manner, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...beau ideal of my youthful imagination was realized. " In the morning I first met her at prayers ; for, to the honor of England, there is scarcely a family,... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1867 - 736 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manners, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...But who was the person I have described — a mere statue to adorn a gallery of sculpture; a bird of Paradise to be kept in a glass case; a mere doll,... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1867 - 752 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manners, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...But who was the person I have described — a mere statue to adorn a gallery of sculpture ; a bird of Paradise to be kept in a glass case ; a mere doll,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1867 - 770 էջ
...taste, in a frankness at<i gentleness of manners, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence aod inspired respect, and in a high moral tone and sentiment, which, like a brigLt halo, seemed to encircle the whole person, I confess the fictions of poetry betv.j; substantial,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1921 - 472 էջ
...elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of manner, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired...whole person, — I confess the fictions of poetry become substantial, and the beau ideal of my youthful imagination was realized. "In the morning I first... | |
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