Your father was a strong Fieldingite, and I as sturdy a Smollettite. His mildness in literary argument struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers.... The Quarterly Review - 498. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1834Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers....Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' laudator temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I spent... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers....shrewdness that almost eluded you by keeping its watch so,,quietly. Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' laudator temporis acti,' but a decided... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 348 oldal
...express the common feeling of all who had access to his society." t Now Duke of Sutherland. R 2 talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' laudator temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I spent... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 352 oldal
...of Sutherland. talk of conversation, his facility might not perhaps seem equal to the known calihre of his talents ; but in the progress of conversation...Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' laudator temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I spent... | |
| George Crabbe - 1834 - 350 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his .powers. In what may be called the ready-money small* I take the liberty of inserting the following passage from a letter with which I have recently... | |
| George Crabbe - 1838 - 356 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers. In what may be called the ready-money small* Mr. Crabbe did sit to Mr. Phillips. (See Frontispiece.) •f• I take the liberty of inserting... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 346 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers. In what may be called the ready-money small• Mr. Crabbe did sit to Mr. Phillips. (See Frontispiece.) -f I take the liberty of inserting... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness thout reply, he rushes on the door ; His drooping...a Noble Peatant.'] [Prom the ' Parish Register.'] shrewd- ¡ ness that almost eluded you, by keeping its watch so quietly.' This fine remark is characteristic... | |
| George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 oldal
...struck me with surprise in so stern a poet of nature, and I could not but contrast the unassumingness of his manners with the originality of his powers....Though an oldish man when I saw him, he was not a ' I au da tor temporis acti,' but a decided lover of later times. " The part of the morning which I... | |
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