 ... superiority of the very tallest of the party; and so I have heard some London wits, rather peevish at Macaulay's superiority, complain that he occupied too much of the talk, and so forth. Now that wonderful tongue is to speak no more, will not many...  The works of William Makepeace Thackeray - Pagina 229door William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder ; to think not only...stored there, and could produce with equal readiness. 3. Many Londoners — not all — have seen the British Muse'um Library, — the dome where our million... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder; to think not only...stored there, and could produce with equal readiness. 12. Many Londoners—not all—have seen the British Museum Library, — the dome where our million... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder; to think not only...stored there, and could produce with equal readiness. 12. Many Londoners — not all — have seen the British Museum Library, — the dome where our million... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder : to think not only...about senior wranglers, and what they had done in after-life. To the almost terror of the persons present, Macaulay began with the senior wrangler of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder : to think not only...readiness. Almost on the last day I had the fortune to sce him, a conversation happened suddenly to spring up about senior wranglers, and what they had done... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that ho no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder ; to think not only...stored there, and could produce with equal readiness. 3. Many Londoners — not all — have seen the British Muse'um. Library, — the dome where our million... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder : to think not only...about senior wranglers, and what they had done in after-life. To the almost terror of the persons present, Macaulay began with the senior wrangler of... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen ? To remember the talk is to wonder : to think not only...about senior wranglers, and what they had done in after-life. To the almost terror of the persons present, Macaulay began with the senior wrangler of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not man}' a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen? To remember the talk is to wonder : to think not only...suddenly to spring up about senior wranglers, and what the}' had done in after life. To the almost terror of the pei-sons present, Macaulay began with the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 390 pagina’s
...tongue is to speak no more, will not many a man grieve that he no longer has the chance to listen? To remember the talk is to wonder: to think not only...had the fortune to see him, a conversation happened snddenly to spring up about senior wranglers, and what they had done in after life. To the almost terror... | |
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