He was in person tall, and of a noble appearance ; his temperament was sanguine, with that slight mixture of phlegmatic which gives calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently open and cordial ; he took the lead in conversations, and with a social... Transactions and Proceedings - Página 79por Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society - 1889Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 370 páginas
...distinguished members. Mr. Boulton was one of those whose characteristics I clearly recollect. He was in person tall, and of a noble appearance ; his temperament...individuality were immense. The characteristics of his partner, Mr. "Watt, were altogether different. Mr. Boulton was a man to rule society with dignity... | |
| Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck, Christiana C. Hankin - 1858 - 576 páginas
...distinguished members. Mr. Boulton was one of those whose characteristics I clearly recollect. He was in person tall, and of a noble appearance ; his temperament...the organs of comparison, constructiveness, and of indiD viduality were immense. The characteristics of his partner, Mr. Watt, were altogether different,... | |
| Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 388 páginas
...calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently open and cordial ; he took the lead in conversation?, and with a social heart had a grandiose manner like...individuality were immense. The characteristics of his partner, Mr. Watt, were altogether different. Mr. Boulton was a man to rule society \vith dignity... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1858 - 694 páginas
...appearance ; '1IS temperament was sanguine, with that slight mixture of the phlegmatic which imparts calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently...among his people like a monarch bestowing largess.' Not long after Watt settled at Birmingham he married his second wife, Miss Macgregor, the daughter... | |
| 1858 - 592 páginas
...sanguine, with that slight mixture of the phlegmatic which imparts calmness and dignity ; his manners were •were eminently open and cordial ; he took the lead...among his people like a monarch bestowing largess.' Not long after Watt settled at Birmingham he married his second wife, Miss Macgregor, the daughter... | |
| 1859 - 890 páginas
...steam-engine : — " Mr. Boulton was one of those whose characteristics I clearly recollect. He was in person tall, and of a noble appearance ; his temperament...individuality were immense. The characteristics of his partner, Mr. Watt, were altogether different. Mr. Boulton was a man to rule society with dignity... | |
| Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck - 1859 - 590 páginas
...distinguished members. Mr. Boulton was one of those whose characteristics I clearly recollect. He was in person tall, and of a noble appearance ; his temperament...the organs of comparison, constructiveness, and of indiD v id utility were immense. The characteristics of his partner, Mr. Watt, were altogether different.... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 652 páginas
...appearance ; his temperament was sanguine, " with that slight mixture of the phlegmatic which imparts " calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently...among " his people like a monarch bestowing largess." Many anecdotes have been preserved of his highly upright and honourable feelings, as well as of his... | |
| James Patrick Muirhead - 1859 - 440 páginas
...appearance ; his temperament was sanguine, with that slight mixture of the phlegmatic which imparts calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently...among his people like a monarch bestowing largess." Many anecdotes have been preserved of his highly upright and honourable feelings, as well as of his... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1865 - 560 páginas
...calmness and dignity ; his manners were eminently open and cordial ; he took the lead in conversation ; and, with a social heart, had a grandiose manner,...from position, wealth, and habitual command. He went about among his people like a monarch bestowing largesse." Boswell was equally struck by Boulton's... | |
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