 He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly...  The European Magazine, and London Review - Page 1881807Full view - About this book
 | Sir James Mackintosh - Mackintosh, James - 1853 - 528 pages
...manners invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr. Gibbon, ' the powers of a superior man, as they were blended in his attractive character with all the softness and simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.' From... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pages
...private society. He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - English literature - 1856 - 470 pages
...amiable of great men : — " He seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1859 - 400 pages
...private society. He seemed to feel arid even to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being vyas ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...manners invited friendship. " I admired," says Mr. Gibbon, " the powers of a superior man, as they were blended in his attractive character with all the softness and simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood." From... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 826 pages
...invited friendship. ' I admired,' says Mr Gibbon, after describing a day passed with him at Lausanne, ' the powers of a superior man, as they are blended,...character, with all the softness and simplicity of a child : no human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood.' The... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Historians - 1869 - 462 pages
...private society. He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors, English - 1870 - 376 pages
...private society. He seemed to feel and even to envy the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
 | Ontario. Council of Public Instruction - English language - 1871 - 506 pages
...manners invited friendship. " I admired," says Mr. Gibbon, "the powers of a superior man, as they were blended in his attractive character with all the softness and simplicity of a child. No human being was ever more free from any taint of malignity, vanity, or falsehood." From... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 pages
...amiable of great men : — " He seemed to feel and to envy the happiness of my situation, while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from... | |
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