 His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description; but whoever once heard him repeat an ode of Horace, would be long before they could endure to hear it repeated by another.  Annual Register of World Events - Page 21788Full view - About this book
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - Authors, English - 1786 - 330 pages
...the fage in Raffelas, he fpoke, and attention watched his lips ; he -reafoned, and conviction clofed his periods: if poetry was talked of, his quotations...extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 556 pages
...his quotations were ths readieil; and had he not been eminent for more folid and brilliantqualities, mankind would have united to extol his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription ; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 302 pages
...RafTelas, he fpoke, and attention watched his lips ; he reafoned, and conviction clofed his period*: if poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readieft...extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deferves to be defcribed, though at the fame time it defeats all power of defcription ; but whoever once heard him... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Historical fiction - 1809 - 210 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united to extol his extraordinary memory." Though the vigour of his mind was almost beyond parallel, yet from early prejudices, which all his... | |
 | Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest, and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...extraordinary memory — His manner of repeating, deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description; but whoever... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1826 - 250 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though at the same time it defeats all power of description : but whoever... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 366 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
 | John Wilson Croker - 1836 - 656 pages
...poetry was talked of, his quotations were the readiest ; and had he not been eminent for more solid and brilliant qualities, mankind would have united...his extraordinary memory. His manner of repeating deserves to be described, though, at the same time, it defeats all power of description ; but whoever... | |
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