... able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution, would illuminate... The Quarterly Review - Pagina 369geredigeerd door - 1926Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 342 pagina’s
...a nature has beeii able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of...would come in sometimes to keep our understandings upon a painful stretch for a short while, and leave us to take to pieces his close, rapid, theoretical,... | |
| 1842 - 572 pagina’s
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution. Such is his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he is the stern, plain-dressed, grave republican... | |
| Charles Lanman - 1852 - 82 pagina’s
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution. Such is his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he is the stern, plain dressed, grave republican;... | |
| Charles Lanman - 1852 - 224 pagina’s
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical, part of one's constitution. Such was his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he was the stern, plain-dressed, grave republican... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 pagina’s
...a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of...castiron man, who looks as if he had never been born and could never be extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understandings on a ] fijii'i 1 stretch... | |
| James Parton - 1867 - 496 pagina’s
...a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of...castiron man, who looks as if he had never been born and could never be extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understandings on a painful stretch... | |
| Lucius P. Little - 1887 - 682 pagina’s
...wilh the burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the local part of one's constitution, would illuminate an evening...never could be extinguished, would come in sometimes, and keep our understandings upon a painful stretch for a short while, and leave us to take to pieces... | |
| Lucius P. Little - 1887 - 678 pagina’s
...attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with the burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the local part of one's constitution, would illuminate an evening now and then. Mr. Calhoun — the cast-iron... | |
| 1896 - 752 pagina’s
...a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of...cast-iron man, who looks as if he had never been born and could never be extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understanding on a painful stretch... | |
| Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1896 - 750 pagina’s
...a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of...cast-iron man, who looks as if he had never been born and could never be extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understanding on a painful stretch... | |
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