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" I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, ,' beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous,... "
The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and ... - Página 391
por Jonathan Swift - 1824
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Political Portraits

Charles Whibley - 1923 - 312 páginas
...as seemed to promise him a long and splendid career. ' I think Mr. St. John,' he wrote to Stella, ' the greatest young man I ever knew : Wit, capacity,...good manners ; generous and a despiser of money.' Nor were St. John's gifts merely spectacular. The same witness who testifies to his wit and beauty...
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Ill-starred General: Braddock of the Coldstream Guards

Lee McCardell - 1958 - 352 páginas
...whom Dr. Swift thought "the greatest young man I ever knew." The Doctor ticked off St. John's gifts: "Wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning and an excellent taste: the greatest orator in the House of Commons, admirable conversation, good nature and good manners, generous...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volumen133

1883 - 880 páginas
...of a most wonderful weapon — the sword of sharpness or the coat of darkness of the fairy tale i "I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew:...good manners; generous, and a despiser of money." — Swift to Stella. We donptenter here into the merits of the political measures advocated by Swift,...
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