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... New General Biographical Dictionary - Page 219by Hugh James Rose - 1848Full view - About this book
| John Bunyan - 1811 - 462 pages
...his character is thus delineated by the continuator of his life : " He appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper ; but in his conversation mild and affable, not given to much discourse in company, unless some urgent occasion required it ; observing never to boast of himself,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 518 pages
...continuator of his life, in the second of those volumes, tells us, that " he appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper, but in his conversation...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others ; abhorring lying and swearing... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 504 pages
...continuator of his life, in the second of those volumes, tells us, that " he appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper, but in his conversation...affable ; not given to loquacity, or much discourse in compaity, unless some urgent occasion required it ; observing never to boast of himself or his parts,... | |
| 1815 - 876 pages
...the continuator of his life, " he appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper, but was in his conversation mild and affable; not given to...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submitted himself to the judgment of others; abhorring lying and swearing... | |
| 1815 - 880 pages
...continuator of his life, " he appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper. ISt but was in his conversation mild and affable; not given to loquacity or much discourse in company, unless M inn • urgent occasion required it ; observing never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather... | |
| Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 566 pages
...(says the continuator of his life) to he of a stern and rough temper, but in his conversation he was mild and affable; not given to loquacity, or much...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others; abhorring lying and swearing;... | |
| Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 548 pages
...(says the continuatorof his life) to be of a stern and rougji temper, but in his conversation he was mild and affable ; not given to loquacity, or much discourse in company, unless some urgent <>, .. .1sion required it ; observing never to boast of himself or his parts, hut rather seem low in... | |
| John Cole - 1821 - 78 pages
...productions of the man of 'whom the following portrait is drawn. "He appeared in • countenance to be of a stern and rough temper; but in his conversation...never to boast of himself or his parts, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others; abhorring lying and swearing,... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 694 pages
...— " He appeared in countenance to be of a stern and rough temper ; but in his conversation, he was mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse...required it ; observing never to boast of himself, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others ; abhorring lying... | |
| Andrew Crichton - 1827 - 364 pages
...— " He appeared in countenance to be of a stem and rough temper ; but in his conversation, he was mild and affable, not given to loquacity or much discourse...required it ; observing never to boast of himself, but rather seem low in his own eyes, and submit himself to the judgment of others ; abhorring lying... | |
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