 Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary man, possessing great activity of body and mind, remarkable talent for and application to public business, a love of literature, and a degree of almost universal information, such as I have met with...  Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay - Page 87by Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 550 pages
...Mr. Elphinstone, the greatest pleasure of the kind I have ever enjoyed, either in India or Europe. He is, in every respect, an extraordinary man, possessing...conversation of the most amiable and interesting -character. With a temperance almost amounting to rigid abstinence, he is fond of society, and it is a common subject... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1844 - 1184 pages
...greatest pleasure of ttie kind which I have ever enjoyed either in India or in Europe. " Mr. ElphinMtone is, in every respect, an extraordinary man, possessing...business, a love of literature, and a degree of almost universHl information, such as I hare met with in no other person similarly situ* ated, and manners... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1875 - 316 pages
...only quote from the amiable, accomplished, and apostolic Bishop Heber, who thus describes him : — "Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary...universal information, such as I have met with in no othor person similarly situated, and manners and conversation of the most amiable and interesting character.... | |
 | 1884 - 486 pages
...wise and wide ideals, speaks of him at that time — when a little over forty years of age — as " possessing great activity of body and mind, remarkable...degree of almost universal information, such as I have never met with in a person so situated." And, altogether, " in every respect an extraordinary man."... | |
 | James Sutherland Cotton - 1892 - 250 pages
...him given by Bishop Heber, who was his guest for some time in May, and again in August of 18351. ' Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary...and a degree of almost universal information, such 1 Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces oj India, from Calcutta to Rombay, 1834-35. (Vol.... | |
 | James Sutherland Cotton - 1896 - 254 pages
...of him given by Bishop Heber, who was his guest for some time in May, and again in August of 1825*. 'Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary...and a degree of almost universal information, such 1 Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-25. (Vol.... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1865 - 1020 pages
...every respect, an extraordinary m»n, possessin; groat activity of body and mind, remarkable talent la and application to public business, a love of literature, and a degree of universal information such as I ban met with in no other person similarly situated, and nun ners and... | |
 | Henry Morris - 1908 - 266 pages
...Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary man, possessing great activity of body and mind, a love of literature, and a degree of almost universal...conversation of the most amiable and interesting character. f On the other hand, Elphinstone was charmed with his guest. He entered in his journal the following... | |
 | Rustomji Pestonji Karkaria - 1915 - 668 pages
...well as a sincerely attached and cordial one) in Archeacon Barnes.. Above all, however, I had enjoyed in the unremitting kindness, the splendid hospitality,,,...conversation of the most amiable and interesting character. Journey in India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-45, pages J3/-/32.. Walter Hamilton. 1820. Bombay is... | |
 | Rustomji Pestonji Karkaria - 1915 - 678 pages
...body and mind, remarkable talent for, and application to public business, a love of litera-- ture, and a degree of almost universal information, such...conversation of the most amiable and interesting character. Journey in India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-45, pages /37-/32. Walter Hamilton. 1820. Bombay is... | |
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