 That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders...  Novels and Novelists: From Elizabeth to Victoria - Seite 51von John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Horace Binney Wallace - 1838 - 264 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is, to me, the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which...What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." ... | |
 | 1838 - 596 Seiten
...involvements, and feelings, ' and characters of ordinary life;' — 'the exquisite touch which ren' tiers commonplace things and characters interesting from the ' truth of the description and the sentiment. '§ In this talent the female novel writers of Great Britain surpass those of France. In bold and startling... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which...me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early ! "March 15. — This morning I leave No. 39, Castle Street, for the last time. ' The cabin was convenient,'... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which...me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early ! "March 15. — -This morning I leave No. 39, Castle Street, for the last time. ' The cabin was convenient,'... | |
 | Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - 1843 - 368 Seiten
...The big bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders commonplace things and characters interesting from...is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature should have died so young !" And even at Malta, when, in December 1831, Sir Walter Scott was, as it... | |
 | 1863 - 640 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain lean do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which...commonplace things and characters interesting from truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me." This is high praise, but it is something... | |
 | 1848 - 706 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-irow strain I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which...interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." 20. — Glimpses of... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1848 - 726 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which...interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early." 20. — Glimpucs of... | |
 | 1848 - 700 Seiten
...life, which is to me the moat wonderful I ever met with. The b:_: l>oic-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which...interesting from the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied to me. What a pity such a gifted creature died 50 early." 20. — Glimptes of... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 Seiten
...ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bowwow strain I can do myself, like any now going; but the exquisite touch which...me. What a pity such a gifted creature died so early !'' A few days afterwards, remarking upon another novel, he says: — "It is well written, but over-laboured—... | |
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