 ... a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers. In what may be called the ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of...  Life of the Rev. George Crabbe, by his son - Page 242by George Crabbe - 1834Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1834 - 590 pages
...small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of hi« talents ; but in the progress of conversation I recollect...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a " Imtdator temporis acti," but a decided lover of later times. « He was very frank, and even confidential,... | |
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...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...oldish man when I saw him, he was not a " laudator iemporis acti," but a decided lover of later times. ' He was very frank, and even confidential, in... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' lautlalor temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I spent... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 pages
...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...shrewdness that almost eluded you by keeping its watch so^quietly. Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' laudator temporis acti,' but a decided... | |
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...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a " lauddtor temporis acti," but a decided lover of later times. ' He was very frank, and even confidential,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 772 pages
...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation,...almost eluded you, by keeping its watch so quietly.' This fine remark is characteristic of Crabbe's genius, as well as of lu's manners. It gathered its... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progresa human life. Through dream and vision did she sink,...think That on those lonesome floods, And green savanna This fine remark is characteristic of Crabbe's genius, as well as of his manners. It gathered its materials... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' I au da tor temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 764 pages
...ready-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation,...almost eluded you, by keeping its watch so quietly.' This fine remark is characteristic of Crabbe's genius, as well as of his manners. It gathered its materials... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 754 pages
...reailv-money small-talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calibre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation....shrewdness that almost eluded you, by keeping its w»tch so quietly.' This fine remark is characteristic of Crabbe's genius, as well as of his manners.... | |
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