 Thackeray paid Lever the very handsome compliment of saying that he would rather have written Lorrequer's English version of the student song, The Pope he leads a Happy Life, than anything he had himself hitherto done in literature.  The Life of Charles Lever - 410. oldalszerző: William John Fitz-Patrick - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Herman Charles Merivale, Sir Frank Thomas Marzials - 1891 - 308 oldal
...Ireland." A graceful piece of praise, however, brought about a pleasanter state of feeling. Thackeray "paid Lever the very handsome compliment of saying...leads a happy life," &c., than anything he had himself done in literature. Lever . . . was very much pleased, and also finally convinced that Thackeray really... | |
 | Herman Charles Merivale, Sir Frank Thomas Marzials - 1891 - 296 oldal
...about a pleasanter state of feeling. Thackeray " paid Lever the very handsome compliment of saving that he would rather have written Lorrequer's English...leads a happy life,' &c., than anything he had himself done in literature. Lever . . . was very much pleased, and also finally convinced that Thackeray really... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 452 oldal
...Charles Lever, and it is interesting to learn of the pleasant relations of the two men ; Thackeray ' paid Lever the very handsome compliment of saying...the student song, " The Pope he leads a happy life," etc., than anything he had himself done in literature.' He also tried to persuade Lever to move his... | |
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