 | English literature - 1807 - 560 pages
...enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. " I admired," «avs Mr. Gibbon, " the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the. softness and simplicity of» child : no human being was ever more... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1805 - 512 pages
...free and private society. He seemed ta feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more... | |
 | 1807 - 552 pages
...enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. " I admired," says Mr. GIBBON, " the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child : no human being was ever more... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1808 - 702 pages
...endiusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. ' I admired' says MR. GIBBON , ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more... | |
 | B. C. Walpole - 1811 - 370 pages
...private conversation. He seemed to, feel, and even to envy the happiness of my situation ; while I admire the powers of a superior man> as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more... | |
 | Arthur Collins, Sir Egerton Brydges - Aristocracy (Social class) - 1812 - 598 pages
...roused enthusiasm ; and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. " I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more... | |
 | Arthur Collins - 1812 - 692 pages
...roused enthusiasm ; and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. " I admired (says Mr. Gibbon), the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child: no human being was ever more... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 714 pages
...enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child ; no human being was evermore... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - English literature - 1814 - 726 pages
...Mirabcau. t See Letter in the Continuation, October I, 1783. happiness happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...roused enthusiasm, and the gentleness of his manners invited friendship. "I admired," says Mr. Gibbon," the powers of a superior man as they are blended, in his attractive character, with all the softness and simplicity of a-clrild ; no human being was ever more... | |
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He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly... 
