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" Among the men who were the most learned of their time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet at the same time... "
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 317
by Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 454 pages
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 48

1828 - 722 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, hut without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, hut without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men in my time. ' His conversation expressed perfect selfconfidence without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, Set at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of is conversation distinctly enough...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 1

John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 454 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men in my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...without the least intrusive forwardness ; and when he difiered in opinion, he did not hesitate to express it firmly, yet •at the same time with modesty....
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The Life of Robert Burns: With a Criticism on His Writings ...

James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men of my tune. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...any part of his conversation distinctly enough to quote it; nor did I ever see him again, except in the street, where he did not recognise me, as I could...
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The Waverley Novels: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions, Volume 10

Walter Scott - 1847 - 612 pages
...have seen the moat distinguished men in my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to expressif firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation...
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Robert Burns: As a Poet, and as a Man

Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 228 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men of my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who were the most learned of the time and country, he expressed himself with perfect firmness, but without the least intrusive forwardness...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

John Gibson Lockhart - 1850 - 868 pages
...have seen the most distinguished men in my time. His conversation expressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...when he differed in opinion, he did not hesitate to exprès» it firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. I do not remember any part of his conversation...
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The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1851 - 332 pages
...Indian begged a leafy bed. Cold on Canadian hills/ &c. VOL. II. E pressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. * * * I have only to add, that his dress corresponded with his manner. He was like a farmer dressed in his...
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The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1852 - 336 pages
...social misery and with me, Folly's misfortune in the first degree. pressed perfect self-confidence, without the slightest presumption. Among the men who...firmly, yet at the same time with modesty. * * * I have only to add, that his dress corresponded with his manner. He was like a farmer dressed in his...
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