 Yankee Englishman ; such limbs we make in Yankee-land ! ' As a logic-fencer, advocate, or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first sight against all the extant world. The tanned complexion ; that amorphous craglike face, the dull...  A First Manual of Composition - Page 156by Edwin Herbert Lewis - 1902 - 292 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 770 pages
...convenient ' All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...limbs we make in Yankee-land ! ' As a logic-fencer, advocate, or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first sight against all the extant... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 766 pages
...convenient ' All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...Englishman ; such limbs we make in Yankee-land ! ' As a logie-fencer, advocate, or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first sight against... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 764 pages
...convenient ' All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...Yankee Englishman ; such limbs we make in Yankee-land 1 ' As a logic-fencer, advocate, or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 752 pages
...convenient c All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...magnificent specimen. You might say to all the world, i This is our Yankee Englishman ; such limbs we make in Yankee-land ! ' As a logic-fencer, advocate,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 762 pages
...convenient ' All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest of all yonr notabilities, Daniel Webster. He is a magnificent specimen. You might say to all the world, '... | |
 | Horatio Alger - 1882 - 336 pages
...convenient ' All-Saxondom,' we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival and leave the wen. " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...limbs we make in Yankee-land ! ' As a logic-fencer, advocate or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first sight against the extant... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1883 - 616 pages
...heavens, he is a small cathedral by himself." Carlyle, no lover of America, wrote to Emerson : — " Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...This is our Yankee Englishman ; such limbs we make in Yankee land ! ' As a logic fencer, or parliamentary Hercules, one would incline to back him at first... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1883 - 416 pages
...convenient " All-Saxondom" we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the Wen. — Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...specimen ; you might say to all the world, This is .your Yankee Englishman, such Limbs we make in Yankeeland ! As a Logic-fencer, Advocate, or Parliamentary... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1883 - 394 pages
...convenient " All-Saxondom" we will right cheerfully go thither to hold such festival, and leave the Wen. — Not many days ago I saw at breakfast the notablest...specimen ; you might say to all the world, This is your Yankee Englishman, such Limbs we make in Yankeeland ! As a Logic-fencer, Advocate, or Parliamentary... | |
 | 1902 - 854 pages
...engine in breeches. Thomas Carlyle, after breakfasting in his company, wrote to an American friend : "He is a magnificent specimen. You might say to all...'This is our Yankee Englishman: such limbs we make in Yankee land.' "As a logic fencer advocate or parliamentary Hercules one would incline to back him at... | |
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