 | John Knox Laughton - 1896 - 442 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than 'Yes' or 'No.' If you, Fanny, had been there, we think you would have made something of him, for you have... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1897 - 572 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out...think you would have made something of him, for you • I Prior to May, 1785, the only stops of the " Boreas" at Nevis were Jannary 6-8, February 1-4,... | |
 | 1897 - 772 pagina’s
...noticed that when he spoke he always said something worth attention. " If you, Fanny, had been there you would have made something of him ; for you have...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." Not many months later this " odd sort of person," as the lady would have termed him, was writing thus... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1899 - 894 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power; but I drew out little more than 'Yes,' and 'No.' If yon, Fanny, had been there, we think you would have made something of him, for you have been in the... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1900 - 326 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." On May 12th, Nelson, writing to his brother, says incidentally that he has been visiting a young widow... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - 1900 - 592 pagina’s
...(Boreas's Log in Xicolas's Letters and Despatches of Lord Nelson, vol. vii. Addenda, pp. viii, is.) nave been in the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." Mrs. Nisbet very quickly made something of him. Little direct description has been transmitted to us... | |
 | Frederick Treves - 1908 - 498 pagina’s
...and sternness in his behaviour. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out...more than 'Yes ' and ' No.' If you, Fanny, had been here, we think you would have made something of him : for you have been in the habits of attending... | |
 | Sir Algernon Edward Aspinall - 1912 - 366 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out little more than ' Yes' and ' No.'" Nelson revisited Antigua in 1805 during his famous pursuit of Villeneuve to the West Indies and back... | |
 | John Knox Laughton - 1919 - 260 pagina’s
...transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out...the habit of attending to these odd sort of people." On May 12th, Nelson, writing to his brother, says incidentally that he has been visiting a young widow... | |
 | Frederick Treves - 1920 - 490 pagina’s
...and sternness in his behaviour. Being placed by him, I endeavoured to rouse his attention by showing him all the civilities in my power ; but I drew out...more than ' Yes ' and ' No." If you, Fanny, had been here, we think you would have made something of him : for you have been in the habits of attending... | |
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... former taciturnity. It was impossible, during this visit, for any of us to make out his real character ; there was such a reserve and sternness in his behaviour, with occasional sallies, though very transient, of a superior mind. Being placed by him,... 
