He looked, indeed, as if he had no wish but to diffuse philanthropy, pleasure, and genial gaiety all around. His figure, when he is not negligent in his carriage, is noble; his air, commanding; his address, graceful; his voice clear, penetrating, sonorous, and powerful; his language, copious, eloquent, and changefully impressive; his manners are attractive; his conversation is past all praise!

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He looked, indeed, as if he had no wish but to diffuse philanthropy, pleasure, and genial gaiety all around. His figure, when he is not negligent in his carriage, is noble; his air, commanding; his address, graceful; his voice clear, penetrating, sonorous, and powerful; his language, copious, eloquent, and changefully impressive; his manners are attractive; his conversation is past all praise!" in the context of "Frances Burney to Samuel Crisp (June 1782), quoted in Madame D'Arblay, Memoirs of Doctor Burney, Vol. II (1832), pp. 227-228" to mean that wisdom is timeless.