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" There was nothing of effort indeed, or impatience, any more than of pride or levity, in his demeanour : and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met with in any other... "
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated: With an Account of Its Invention ... - Page 319
by Dionysius Lardner - 1840 - 535 pages
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 12

1823 - 946 pages
...in his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions ; and indeed never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c

1819 - 490 pages
...levity, in his demeanour; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions; and indeed never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...in his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions; and, indeed, never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

1819 - 780 pages
...levity, in his demeanour; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild selfpossession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met with in any other person person. He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade, and pretensions...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 89, Part 2; Volume 126

1819 - 708 pages
...levity, in bn demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild selfpossession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met with in any other 1819.] 465 person. He had in bis character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardin'ss parade,...
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The Annual biography and obituary, Volume 4

1820 - 482 pages
...in his demeanour : and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions ; and, indeed, never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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The Quarterly Journal, Volume 8

1820 - 450 pages
...in his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions ; and, indeed, never failed to put' all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 4

1820 - 494 pages
...levity, in his demeanour: and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met...pretensions ; and, indeed, never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 6

1820 - 496 pages
...self-possession in his manna1, than we ever recollect to have met witk in any other person. He had in bis character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness,...pretensions ; and, indeed, never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of bis language and deportment....
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 12

1823 - 944 pages
...expression of reposing fttrength, and mild self-possession in his manner, than we ever recollect to have mut with in any other person. He had in his character...pretensions ; and indeed never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and deportment....
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