 No second-rate imitator can write in that way ; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what relentless dissection of diseased subjects ! Well, and this, too, is right, or would be right,...  The Life of Charles Lever - 417. oldalszerző: William John Fitz-Patrick - 1879Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1857 - 304 oldal
...No secondrate imitator can write in that way; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1857 - 352 oldal
...so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what relentless dissection of diseased subjects 1 Well, and this, too, is right, or would be right,...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1862 - 612 oldal
...satire, what relentless dissection of diseased subjects! Well, and this, too, is right, or would bo right, if the savage surgeon did not seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an uleer or an ancurism; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Medley, G F S - 1870 - 148 oldal
...mind. * * * But what bitter satire, what relentless dissection of diseased subjects ! Well, and this is right, or would be right, if the savage surgeon did not seem so fiercely pleased with his work. He likes to dissect an ulcer, he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into quivering, living... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1873 - 492 oldal
...second-rate imitator can write in that way ; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - 1892 - 594 oldal
...satire, what relentless dissection of diseased subjects ! Well, and this, too, is right, or would bo right, if the savage surgeon did not seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1900 - 756 oldal
...No secondrate imitator can write in that way ; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë, Clement King Shorter - 1900 - 754 oldal
...write in that way j no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect.Tiut what bitter satire, what relentless dissection of...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 580 oldal
...second-rate imitator can write in that way ; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
 | Clement King Shorter - 1908 - 520 oldal
...second-rate imitator can write in that way ; no coarse scene-painter can charm us with an allusion so delicate and perfect. But what bitter satire, what...seem so fiercely pleased with his work. Thackeray likes to dissect an ulcer or an aneurism ; he has pleasure in putting his cruel knife or probe into... | |
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