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" He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle towards the distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topics which may irritate ; he is... "
Readings in English Prose of the Nineteenth Century - Page 438
edited by - 1917
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The Scope and Nature of University Education

John Henry Newman - Education, Higher - 1859 - 382 pages
...suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender...distant, and merciful towards the absurd ; he can recolx lect to whom he is speaking ; he guards against unseasonable allusions, or topics which may...
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The North-western Monthly: A Magazine Devoted to University ..., Volume 8

Education - 1897 - 678 pages
...resentment; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has hts eyes on all the company; he is tender towards the bashful, gentle...recollect to whom he is speaking; he guards against unreasonable allusions, or topics which may irritate; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never...
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The Guardian, Volumes 26-27

Conduct of life - 1875 - 780 pages
...on all his company ; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is speaking ; he guards against unseasonable allusions to topics which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. He makes...
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Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman: Being Selections ...

John Henry Newman - Theology - 1875 - 480 pages
...eyas on all his company ; he ls tender towards the bashlul, gentle towardu the distant, and mereiful towards the absurd ; he can recollect to whom he is...speaking ; he guards against unseasonable allusions or topies which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light...
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Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman: Being Selections ...

John Henry Newman - Religious life - 1878 - 368 pages
...suspicion, or gloom, or resentment ; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender...conversation, and never wearisome. He makes light of favors while he does them, and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself...
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The Lamp [ed. by T.E. Bradley]., Volumes 28-29

Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1885 - 898 pages
...teabsurd; he can recollect to whom he is speak•?; he guards against unreasonable allusions or '"pics which may irritate ; he is seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. He Bakes light of favours while he does them, and Kens to be receiving when he is conferring. He MW speaks...
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Principles of English Grammar: Used by the Brothers of the Christian Schools

John P. Murphy - English language - 1890 - 280 pages
...suspicion, or gloom, or resentment; his great concern being to make every one at his ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards...prominent in conversation, and never wearisome."— CARDINAL NEWMAN, — Idea of a University, p. 209. 7. No adjective or adverb should be employed that...
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The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs, Volume 7

1891 - 402 pages
...on all his company : he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absurd. He can recollect to whom he is speaking...conversation and never wearisome. He makes light of favors when he does them and seems to be receiving when he is conferring. He never speaks of himself...
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Words and Days: A Table-book of Prose and Verse

Calendars - 1895 - 416 pages
...i. 2. TT is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain. . . . He has his eyes on all his company ; he is tender...prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. . . . He is never mean or little in his disputes, never takes unfair advantage, never mistakes personalities...
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The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: I. in Nine Discourses ...

Saint John Henry Newman - Education, Higher - 1899 - 598 pages
...suspicion, or gloom, or resentment ; his great concern being to make every one at their ease and at home. He has his eyes on all his company; he is tender towards...seldom prominent in conversation, and never wearisome. J He makes light of favours while he does them, ancTse^ems to be receiving when he is conferring. He...
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