 English are more cool, not so readily affected, but capable of being aroused to great enthusiasm. The faults of these opposite temperaments are, that the vivacity of the French is apt to sparkle up and be frothy, the gravity of the English to settle down...  Stewart's geographical reading-book. Standard 5,6 - Page 68by Stewart W. and co - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 560 pages
...sudden and great excitement ; but their excitement is not durable : the English are more phlegmatic ; not so readily affected ; but capable of being aroused...English from stagnation, both will be found excellent. Frenchman will revel on a triumphant bulletin : a great victory is meat and drink to him; and at the... | |
 | 1840 - 566 pages
...sudden and great excitement ; but tlieir excitement is not durable : the English are more phlegmatic; not so readily affected ; but capable of being aroused...settle down and grow muddy. When the two characters can bo fixed in a medium, the French kept from eflervescence and the English from stagnation, both will... | |
 | 1840 - 576 pages
...sudden and great excitement ; but their excitement is not durable : the English are more phlegmatic ; not so readily affected ; but capable of being aroused...is apt to sparkle up and be frothy, the gravity of tho English to settle down and grow muddy. When the two characters can be fixed in a medium, the French... | |
 | 1855 - 676 pages
...sudden and great excitement; but their excitement is not durable; the English are more phlegmatic ; not so readily affected ; but capable of being aroused...to great enthusiasm. The faults of these opposite temperament* are, that the vivacity of the French is apt to sparkle up and be frothy, the gravity of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 450 pages
...sudden and great excitement ; but their excitement is not durable ; the English are more phlegmatic, not so readily affected, but capable of being aroused...English from stagnation, both will be found excellent. Tliis contrast of character may also be noticed in the great concerns of the two nations. The ardent... | |
 | Charles Adams - 1870 - 322 pages
...durable. The English are more phlegmatic, not so readily affected, but capable of being aroused to greater enthusiasm. The faults of these opposite temperaments...English from stagnation, both will be found excellent." CHAPTER XXXIV. IT was about this time (1840) that Mr. Irving prepared his biography of " Goldsmith,"... | |
 | George Eugène Fasnacht - 1897 - 216 pages
...excitement, but their excitement is not durable. The English are more phlegmatic, not so readily 5 affected, but capable of being aroused to great enthusiasm....down and grow muddy. When the two characters can be faced in a medium, the French kept 10 from effervescence and the English from stagnation, both mil... | |
 | 1903 - 898 pages
...sudden and great excitement, but their excitement is not durable. The English are more phlegmatic, not so readily affected, but capable of being aroused to great enthusiasm. When the two characters can be fixed in a medium, both will be found excellent. 166 HIGHER EXAMINATION... | |
 | Émile Saillens - 1918 - 344 pages
...sudden and great excitement, but their excitement is not durable. The English are more phlegmatic, not so readily affected, but capable of being aroused to great enthusiasm... The vivacity of the French is apt to sparkle up and be frothy, the gravity of the English, to settle down... | |
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