 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 500 pages
...was principal without Literest, an:! the other interest wiihout FООTЕ. principal." Certain it is he had a brevity of expression, that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. It was rather to he lamented that his lady Mrs. Jenyns had... | |
 | 1806 - 688 pages
...;:.-.i<I, " One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal." Certain it is he had a brevity of expression, that never hung upon the ear, and yon felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. It was rather to be lamented that his... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...said, ' One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a brevity of expression, that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push." THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PARSON, AN ECLOGUE. Written mi the Conclusion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 402 pages
...said, ' One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is he had a brevity of expression, that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. It was rather to be.lamented that his lady, Mrs. Jenyns,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 pages
...said, i One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a brevity of expression that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. It was rather to be lamented that his lady, Mrs. Jenyns,... | |
 | 1814 - 538 pages
...said, ' One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a brevity of expression that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. It was rather to be lamented that his lady, Mrs. Jenyns,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 540 pages
...principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a br^pity of expression that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the rery moment that he made the push. It was rather to be lamented that his lady, Mrs. Jenyns,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 560 pages
...said, ' One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a brevity of expression, that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push." him for elegance and purity. As a poet he has many equals... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 pages
...: yet I heard once this good man very innocently remark, when Gibbon published his history, that he wondered how any body so ugly could write a book....celebrity, although the popularity of his writings has not been lasting. In youth, being much of a beau, • " Here lies Sam Johnson : Reader, have a care,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 318 pages
...said, ' One was principal without interest, and the other interest without principal.' Certain it is, he had a brevity of expression that never hung upon the ear, and you felt the point in the very moment that he made the push. " It was rather to be lamented that his lady, Mrs. Jenyns,... | |
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... ironical ; there was a terseness in his repartees that had a play of words as well as of thought ; as when speaking of the difference between laying out money upon land, or purchasing into the funds, he said, " One was principal without interest,... 
