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" ... observations, and set off to the greatest advantage the pleasant anecdotes which he delivered with the same grave brow and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips. "
James Watt - Page 236
by Andrew Carnegie - 1905 - 241 pages
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-pos» session 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 Annual Register, Volume 12

1823 - 946 pages
...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...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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Stuart's Descriptive History of the Steam Engine

Robert Stuart - 1829 - 372 pages
...anecdotes, which he delivered with the same grave brow and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips. He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for...parade, and pretensions, and indeed, never failed to put such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness and honest intrepidity of his language and...
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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ...

1833 - 506 pages
...indeed, or of impatience, any more than of pride or levity, in his demeanour; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession...abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade, and pretension ; and indeed never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 13

Englishmen - 1837 - 260 pages
...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...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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Life of James Watt

François Arago - 1839 - 154 pages
...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 selfpossession...abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade, and pretension ; and, indeed, never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance, by the manly plainness...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 170

1841 - 738 pages
...effect, indeed, or impatience, any more thap of pride or levity in his demeanour ; and there was a finer expression of reposing strength, and mild self-possession...abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade and pretension, and, indeed, never failed to put all such impertinence out of countenance by the manly...
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The New Statistical Account of Scotland: Renfrew, Argyle

1845 - 1372 pages
...which he delivered with the same grave brow, and the same calm smile playing soberly on his lips. * * * He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness, parade, and pretension ; and never failed to put all such impostors out of countenance by the manly plainness and...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...smile playing soberly on his lips. There was nothing of effort, indeed, or impatience, any more than of pride or levity, in his demeanour: and there was a...in his manner, than we ever recollect to have met vith in any other person. He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of forwardness,...
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A Treatise on the Steam Engine: In Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam ...

Artizan Club (London, England), John Bourne (C. E.) - 1847 - 342 pages
...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 tu have met with in any other person. He had in his character the utmost abhorrence for all sorts of...
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