 | William Ralph Inge - 1905 - 312 sidor
...in one of Cardinal Newman's essays. " The true gentleman," he says, in a very brilliant passage, " is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd. He makes light of favours while he does them, and seems to be receiving while he is conferring. He never... | |
 | Edward Fulton - 1906 - 286 sidor
...restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he...conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself... | |
 | Arthur Quiller-Couch - 1906 - 352 sidor
...restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment ; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company ;...recollect to whom he is speaking ; he guards against unreasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and... | |
 | Chester Noyes Greenough - 1906 - 330 sidor
...restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment ; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company ;...bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards 20 the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or... | |
 | 1906 - 314 sidor
...about him, and he concurs with the movements of his students rather than take the initiative himself. He can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards...unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate; is seldom prominent in conversation and never strict or wearisome. Although hints and slurs are often... | |
 | John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - 1907 - 524 sidor
...restraint, or suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at his ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he...conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself... | |
 | Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 524 sidor
...suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at hpme. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards...bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards 20 the absurd; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or... | |
 | 1907 - 546 sidor
...on all his company; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking ; he guards against unreasonable allusions or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never... | |
 | 1905 - 402 sidor
...on all his company ; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unreasonable allusions or topics which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never... | |
 | Frances Melville Perry - 1908 - 250 sidor
...on all his company ; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking...conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself... | |
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He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate ; he is... 
