 An excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour ; learning, wit, and drollery the more piquant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities of an old bachelor; a soundness of thought, rendered more forcible by an occasional quaintness...  The antiquary - Pagina viidoor Walter Scott - 1896Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 714 pagina’s
...; learninI wit, and drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiaritii of an old bachelor ; a soundness of thought, rendered more forcible by an occasion i quaintness of expression, were, the author conceives, the only qualities in which tli creature... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1865 - 462 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humor ; learning, wit. and drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...an occasional quaintness of expression, — were, I conceive, the only qualities in which the creature of my imagination resembled my benevolent and... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 462 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humor ; learning, wit, and drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...of thought, rendered more forcible by an occasional quaint ness of expression, — were, I conceive, the only qualities in which the creature of my imagination... | |
 | William Marshall - 1875 - 328 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour, learning, wit, and drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...forcible by an occasional quaintness of expression ;" and in these qualities he is said to be an exact likeness of Mr Constable. They differed in their... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour, learning, wit, and droller}', the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...forcible by an occasional quaintness of expression; were, I conceive, the only qualities in which the creature of my imagination resembled my benevolent and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1883 - 956 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour ; learning, wit, and drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...an occasional quaintness of expression, were, the autlior conceives, the only qualities in which the creature of his imagination resembled his benevolent... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 904 pagina’s
...excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humor ; learning, wit, and drollery, tht more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...which the creature of his imagination resembled his benmolcnt and excellent old friend. The prominent part performed by the Beggar in the following narrative,... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1893 - 488 pagina’s
...temper, with a slight degree of pub:iciil humor ; learning, wit, anil drollery, the more poignnnt tluit they were a little marked by the peculiarities of...of thought, rendered more forcible by an occasional qnaintness of expression, — were. Т conceive. the only qualities in which the creature of my imagination... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 856 pagina’s
...commences the history of the Antiquary. An excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humor ; learning, wit. and drollery the more piquant that...remarks on that character, as it formerly existed iii Scotland, though it is now scarcely to be traced. Many of the old Scottish mendicants were by no... | |
 | Margaret Fair Anderson Husband - 1910 - 312 pagina’s
...OLDINBUCK), JONATHAN. ' The Antiquary ' : Laird of Monkbarns. ' Learning, wit, drollery, the more poignant that they were a little marked by the peculiarities...forcible by an occasional quaintness of expression ' — these were his chief characteristics. He was ' snell and dure enough in casting up their nonsense... | |
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