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Probably the deeply-read student and simple-natured man failed to appreciate the more brilliant, if less profound, scholarship of the orator, and the vacillation and complexity of his character. While Cicero loaded him with praises and protestations of friendship, Varro appears to have maintained a somewhat cool or distant attitude. At last, however, this reserve was broken through.
"Don't stir, even over to the Salters, or when you do go, take Roscoe; he and Salter are birds of a feather a couple of philosophers, clever, deeply-read cranks. I shall notify to my men to keep a sharp eye on you." "So then I'm to be under police protection, am I?" "I am afraid it will be a distressing necessity; but the fact will naturally be known only to you and me."
The fellow must be stupid not to understand me,” continued our deeply-read skipper. A worthier, better or braver seaman than our noble commander never had the honour of commanding a King’s ship. His zeal and loyalty were unimpeachable. To hear him read the Articles of War to us once a month was, if not improving, most amusing.
As unlikely a man as you would find in the Pacific, or any other merchant-service, was this Carreras; a gentleman, if a very bashful one; a deeply-read and kindly man, although it was quite as difficult for him to extend a generous action, directly to be found out, and his mind was continually furnishing inclinations of this sort, as it was to express his thoughts.
Wandering with slow conversational pace up and down the beach of the lake, were Mr. Kendal and Sir William Ferrars, conversing as usual; the soldier, with quick alert comprehension, wide observation, and clearness of mind, which jumped to the very points to which the scholar's deeply-read and long-digested arguments were bringing him more slowly.
He answered, that only he and a few of the Agas understood Turkish, that the Mollah was a deeply-read man, who said the prayers in the mosque in Arabic, as is customary everywhere; but that there was no preaching, since the people only knew their prayers in Arabic, but could not understand a sermon, and spoke nothing but Bosniac.
A more humble-minded, good-hearted, deeply-read, and experienced disciple of Esculapius never felt pulse, or administered a potion." They laughed outright. "Mary, shall we tell Frank what we intend those herbs for?" "By no means, he does not deserve to know." "Ah!
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