 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour,...be very many particular evidences, but I will limit myself to the mention of but three. And the first notable occasion of showing his fitness for this... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1888 - 296 pages
...since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour,...be very many particular evidences, but I will limit myself to the mention of but three. And the first notable occasion of showing his fitness for this... | |
 | George Herbert - 1892 - 498 pages
...since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour, his tongue, and his pen." " Many particular -evidences" are witheld by his biographer, but he mentions three — "(a) his letter... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Vernon Blackburn - 1895 - 344 pages
...his time. For ' he had acquired great learning, and was blessed with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit ; and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour,...very many particular evidences ; but I will limit myself to the mention of but three. And the first notable occasion of showing his fitness for this... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1901 - 524 pages
...his time. For ' he had acquired great learning, and was blessed with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit ; and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour,...very many particular evidences ; but I will limit myself to the mention of but three. And the first notable occasion of shewing his fitness for this... | |
 | George Herbert - 1905 - 502 pages
...pride of birth, lent distinction to whatever he produced, though limiting its amount. " He was blest with a natural elegance both in his behaviour, his tongue, and his pen," says Walton. " If during this time he exprest any error, it was that he kept himself too much retir'd... | |
 | A. G. Hyde - 1906 - 416 pages
...since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour, his tongue, and his pen." Walton then goes on to relate three separate instances of this happy facility : the first being his... | |
 | Marion Harland - 1910 - 382 pages
...time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and a natural elegance, both in his behaviour, his tongue, and his pen." "A tall, slender figure, clad in rich black velvet, with costly lace ruffles and collar, and the sword-hilt... | |
 | 1911 - 918 pages
...his time. For He had acquired a great Learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour, his tongue and his pen. ******* At this time of being Orator, he had learnt to understand the Italian, Spanish, and French... | |
 | Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1911 - 462 pages
...his time. For He had acquired a great Learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp wit, and with a natural elegance, both in his behaviour, his tongue and his pen. ******* At this time of being Orator, he had learnt to understand the Italian, Spanish, and French... | |
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Bohemia. In this place of orator our George Herbert continued eight years, and managed it with as becoming and grave a gaiety as any had ever before or since his time. For he had acquired great learning, and was blest with a high fancy, a civil and sharp... 
