 | 1837 - 598 oldal
...gentleman, ''at Mr. Pitt's table, in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed,—'...never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.' " * The poet has underestimated even the patent and tangible evidence of his success. The first edition... | |
 | 1837 - 828 oldal
...gentleman, 'at Mr. Pitrt table in 1805, the Chancellor asked KM about you and your then »i tout ion. »nd after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed — < he can't remain as he in.' >pd desired me to • look to if He lb»n repeated come line* from the Lay, dexribing the old... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 oldal
...Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed—1 clifls that rear their haughty head High o'er the river's d — LOCKHAKT. Uft of Scott, Vol. II. p. 226. 8 " The poet ha* under-estimated even the patent and tangible... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 oldal
...805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr I'itt observed — ' He can't remain as he is,' and desired...This is a sort of thing which I might have expected hi painting, but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.'"1 It is agreeable to know... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 oldal
...gentleman, " at Mr Pitt's table in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr Pitt observed —...harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and said — 1 This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could never have fancied... | |
 | 1892 - 678 oldal
...you and your then situation, and after I bad answered him Mr. Pitt observed, ' He can't remain as be is,' and desired me to ' look to it.' He then repeated...embarrassment when asked to play, and said, ' This \» a sort of thing which I might пате expected in painting, but could never have fancied capable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1850 - 868 oldal
...some lines from the Lay, describing the M harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and eaid — ' This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could never have boded capable of being given in poetry.'"1 It i» agreeable to know that this great statesman and accomplished... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1853 - 906 oldal
...gentleman, " at Mr Pitt's table in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr Pitt observed—...painting, but could never have fancied capable of bein^ given in poetry.' "—It is agreeable to know that this great statesman and accomplished scholar... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 oldal
...Sooff, vol. ii. p. 226), layi, that Pitt repeated the lines, describing the old harper's erabarra^mcnt when asked to play, and said. — ' This is a sort of thing which 1 might have expected in painting, but could never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.'... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1867 - 498 oldal
...Dundas, " at Mr. Pitt's table, in 1805, the Chancellor asked me about you and your then situation, and after I had answered him, Mr. Pitt observed :...never have fancied capable of being given in poetry.' " 9 A person of political eminence amongst us, writing to me in January, 1861, has made a striking... | |
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He can't remain as he is,' and desired me to ' look to it. ' He then repeated some lines from the Lay, describing the old harper's embarrassment when asked to play, and said, ' This is a sort of thing which I might have expected in painting, but could... 
