 | 1791 - 822 pages
...round the circle, ' a bow upon one, a fmilc \vhilea fourth is honoured with a particular conference 5 and the greater part have no particular mark of attention,...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to thole who were not there, but he has a fufficient number for making a choice and diftinftion. In like... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1803 - 676 pages
...his attention ; he goes round the circle, beftowing a bow upon one, a fmile upon another ; aflts a fhort queftion of a third ; while a fourth is honoured...there, but he has a fufficient number for making a choice and diftinction. In In like manner, a number of thoughts prefent themfelves to the fancy fpontaneoufly... | |
 | Robert Eden Scott - 1805 - 500 pages
...' a fourth is honoured with a particular con* verfatioa j and the greater part have no par* titular mark of attention, but go as they * came. It is true,...there ; but * he has a fufficient number for making a * choice and diftindtion. * But by far the moft important controul which we poflefs over the train... | |
 | Robert Eden Scott - 1805 - 524 pages
...verfation ; and the greater part have no par* ticular marl? of attention, but go as they * came. ' came. It is true, he can give no mark of his * attention...there ; but * he has a fufficient number for making a * choice and diftinction. ' But by far the moft important controul which we poflefs over the train... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1822 - 546 pages
...round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a thin*, while a fourth is honoured with a particular conference...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there ; but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction."* Of... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1822 - 312 pages
...doubt whether I think now, as I was obliged to think when I wrote the Illustration to Article 90. 6ar conference ; and the greater part have no particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction. 2. In... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1824 - 490 pages
...circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a VoL-. II.— P m third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there ; but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction."* Of... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1826 - 548 pages
...— he goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...mark of attention, but go as they came. It is true. lie can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there ; but he has a sufficient number... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1827 - 512 pages
...attention. He goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a third, while a fourth is honoured with a particular...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those, who were not there; but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction." $.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1827 - 706 pages
...circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another ; asks a short question of a third ; «'hilt. a fourth is honoured with a particular conference...It is true, he can give no mark of his attention to those who were not there, but he has a sufficient number for making a choice and distinction. In like... | |
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We seem to treat the thoughts, that present themselves to the fancy in crowds, as a great man treats those [courtiers] that attend his levee. They are all ambitious of his attention. He goes round the circle, bestowing a bow upon one, a smile upon another;... 
