 Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution, would illuminate an evening now and then....  Famous Americans of Recent Times - Сторінка 151автори: James Parton - 1877 - 473 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 342 стор.
...estimate I and speech which so impetuous a nature has beeii able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking...cast-iron man, who looks as if he had never been born, and never could be extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understandings upon a painful stretch... | |
 | 1842 - 572 стор.
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution. Such is his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he is the stern, plain-dressed, grave republican... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1852 - 82 стор.
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical part of one's constitution. Such is his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he is the stern, plain dressed, grave republican;... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1852 - 224 стор.
...his ease on the sofa, shaking it with burst after burst of laughter, telling stories, cracking jokes, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the logical, part of one's constitution. Such was his private boon companionship. Abroad, however, he was the stern, plain-dressed, grave republican... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1865 - 686 стор.
...estimate and speech which so impetuous a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking...come in sometimes to keep our understandings on a ] fijii'i 1 stretch for a short while, and leave us to take to pieces his close, rapid, theoretical,... | |
 | Lucius P. Little - 1887 - 682 стор.
...wilh the burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the local part of one's constitution, would illuminate an evening...man — who looks as if he had never been born and never could be extinguished, would come in sometimes, and keep our understandings upon a painful stretch... | |
 | Lucius P. Little - 1887 - 678 стор.
...attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with the burst after burst of laughter, or smoothly discoursing to the perfect felicity of the local part of one's constitution, would illuminate an evening now and then. Mr. Calhoun — the cast-iron... | |
 | 1926 - 550 стор.
..."sitting upright on the sofa, with a snuff-box ever in his hand"; there was Webster, "leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking the sofa with burst after burst of laughter"; there was Calhoun, "the cast-iron man .... meeting men and haranguing them by the fireside as in the... | |
 | Hamilton Wright Mabie - 1896 - 750 стор.
...estimate and speech which so impetuous a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking...extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understanding on a painful stretch for a short while, and leave us to take to pieces his close, rapid,... | |
 | 1896 - 752 стор.
...estimate and speech which so impetuous a nature has been able to attain. Mr. Webster, leaning back at his ease, telling stories, cracking jokes, shaking...extinguished, would come in sometimes to keep our understanding on a painful stretch for a short while, and leave us to take to pieces his close, rapid,... | |
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