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Elocution masters had said certainly not; but they had done him no good. Yet had not the greatest orator the world ever knew a defect in utterance? He, too, Demosthenes, had, no doubt, paid fees to elocution masters, the best in Athens, where elocution masters must have studied their art ad unguem, and the defect had baffled them. But did Demosthenes despair? No, he resolved to cure himself, how?
And, indeed, it is hard to conceive wherein any objection could possibly lie, for it is a typical creation of the master, usque ad unguem. Not only in types, colour, light and shade, and particularly in feeling, is the picture characteristic, but it again shows the artist leaving work unfinished, and again reveals the fact that the work grew in conception as it was actually being painted.
"In the same house!" answered Partridge; "why, sir, he is one of the servants of the family, and very well drest I promise you he is; if it was not for his black beard you would hardly know him." "One service then at least he may do me," says Jones: "sure he can certainly convey a letter to my Sophia." "You have hit the nail ad unguem" cries Partridge; "how came I not to think of it?
Hyacinthus Burke, I replied, 'who is a homo-factus ad unguem. Mr. Burke, Bryan, I proceeded, 'is a gentleman in the hem true sense of that word. He is generous, candid, faithful, and honest; and in association wid all his other excellent qualities, he is celebrated, among the select few who know him best, for an extraordinary attachment to truth. Now, if that wasn't misrepresentation, Mr.
As well might the gentleman who shaves suppose, as his fingers glide, after the operation, over the polished surface of his chin factus ad unguem that he may fling his brush and strop into the fire, and bury his razor certain fathoms in the earth. No!
Burke," said he, "you are and have the reputation of being a perfect gentleman homo factus ad unguem as has been said by the learned little Roman, who, between you and me, was not overburthened with an excess of morality. I take the liberty, jinteels, of wishing you a good-night precor vobia prosperam noctem!
His parochial pastor and spiritual superior is a gentleman, or, as Horace says, homo factus ad unguem which is paraphrastically every inch a gentleman or more literally, a gentleman to the tops of his fingers ehem hem down to the very nails as it were.
The chief city is Unguem, near which abundance of sugar is produced, and sent from thence to Cambalu.
Burke, in the loves as well as in the tam veneri quam I was about to add Marti, but it would be inappropriate, or might only remind you of poor Biddy Martin. It is well known you are a most accomplished gintleman, Mr. Burke homo fadus ad unguem ad unguem."
It is only on second thought and closer study that one sees how well concealed is the careful and laborious polish ad unguem of every chord. This is the true art of song, where the lyrics should seem to gush spontaneously forth from a full heart and yet repay the closer dissection that shows the intellect perfecting the voice of emotion.
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