 | Edmund Venables, John Parker Anderson - 1888 - 242 pages
...But in his conversation he was mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it. Observing...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes and submit himself to the judgment of others. Abhorring lying and swearing,... | |
 | James Mark Baldwin, James McKeen Cattell, Howard Crosby Warren, John Broadus Watson, Herbert Sidney Langfeld, Carroll Cornelius Pratt, Theodore Mead Newcomb - 1894 - 712 pages
...temper, but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it ; observing...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes and submit himself to the judgment of others. . . . He had a sharp quick... | |
 | Richard William Church - 1895 - 714 pages
...temper, but in his conversation mild and affable ; not given to loquacity or to much discourse in company unless some urgent occasion required it; observing...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others ; abhorring lying and swearing,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1896 - 206 pages
...some urgent occasion required it, careful never to boast of himself or of his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the...just in all that lay in his power to his word; not seeming to revenge injuries ; loving to reconcile differences and to make friendship with all. He had... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1898 - 440 pages
...some urgent occasion required it ; observing never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes and submit himself to the judgment of others. . . . He had a sharp quick eye, accomplished with an excellent discerning of persons, being of good... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 pages
...temper ; but in his conversation, mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it ; observing...just in all that lay in his power to his word ; not seeming to revenge injuries, loving to reconcile differences, and make friendships with all. He had... | |
 | 1901 - 956 pages
...temper; but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it; observing...just in all that lay in his power to his word; not seeming to revenge injuries; loving to reconcile differences, and make a friendship with all. He had... | |
 | Josiah Royce - 1902 - 428 pages
...temper, but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it ; observing...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather to seem low in his own eyes and submit himself to the judgment of others. . . . He had a sharp quick... | |
 | William Hale White - 1904 - 270 pages
...temper; but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it: observing...just in all that lay in his power to his word, not seeming to revenge injuries, loving to reconcile differences, and make friendship with all; he had... | |
 | William Hale White - 1905 - 290 pages
...temper ; but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it : observing...just in all that lay in his power to his word, not seeming to revenge injuries, loving to reconcile differences, and make friendship with all ; he had... | |
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HE appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper; but in his conversation mild and affable; not given to loquacity, or much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it; observing never to boast of himself, or his parts, but... 
