 He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation in easy command; clinging to his northern accent with evident relish; full of lively anecdote and with a streaming humor which floated everything...  The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Page 15by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904Full view - About this book
 | George Henry Blore - 1920 - 428 pages
...famous men of letters whom he saw. He describes Carlyle as ' tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...evident relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with c 2 a streaming humour, which floated everything he looked upon '.l Much of his time was given to reading... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...if holding on his own terms what ia best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, selfpossessed and holding his extraordinary powers...anecdote, and with a streaming humor, which floated everything he looked upon. If Emerson writes comparatively little in the descriptive and narrative... | |
 | Stuart Pratt Sherman - 1922 - 360 pages
...his own terms what is best in London. He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self possessed and holding his extraordinary powers of conversation...anecdote, and with a streaming humor, which floated everything he looked upon. If Emerson writes comparatively little in the descriptive and narrative... | |
 | Archibald Willingham Butt, Lawrence Fraser Abbott - 1924 - 450 pages
...soiled his cravat and neat black suit" ; or with Carlyle, "tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed and holding his extraordinary powers...relish; full of lively anecdote and with a streaming humour which floated everything he looked upon" — any one of these interviews would to-day give Emerson... | |
 | Archibald Willingham Butt, Lawrence Fraser Abbott - 1924 - 454 pages
...soiled his cravat and neat black suit" ; or with Carlyle, "tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, self-possessed and holding his extraordinary powers...relish ; full of lively anecdote and with a streaming humour which floated everything he looked upon" — any one of these interviews would to-day give Emerson... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1904 - 274 pages
...that came to us was that which Emerson beheld : — "He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow, selfpossessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...relish ; full of lively anecdote, and with a streaming humour which floated .everything he looked upon." We endeaovured to imagine the compassionate Emerson... | |
 | 1858 - 1016 pages
...a letter of introduction to him at Craigenputtock. " He was tall and gaunt, with a cliff-like brow; self-possessed, and holding his extraordinary powers...northern accent with evident relish ; full of lively aneedote, and with a streaming humor which floated everything he looked upon." He is the same man,... | |
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