 Though his style is, in general, correct and elegant, he sometimes draws out " the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in...  The Quarterly Review - 278. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1834Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1848 - 580 oldal
...airs which he learned behind a chair. He reminds us very frequently of 'that great man,' Mr. PRIO, the auctioneer, whose 'manner was so inimitably fine, that he had as much to say about a riband as a Raphael.' We have a kindly feeling for Mr. WILLIS, and have often been indebted... | |
 | 1850 - 824 oldal
...acting the part of a man at his ease. He reminds us very frequently of • that great man,' Mr. PRIS, the auctioneer, whose ' manner was so inimitably fine, that he had as mach to say about a riband as a Raphael.' We have a kindly feeling for Mr. WILLIS, and have often beeu... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 568 oldal
...everything was alike, as he was himself, with that inimitably fine manner of his, alike in everything. He had as much to say upon a Ribbon as upon a Raffaelle. Nor was it only this legitimate game for satire that Foote ran down in his Auction, but,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1855 - 588 oldal
...thing was alike, as he was himself, with that inimitably fine manner of his, alike in every thing. He had as much to say upon a Ribbon as upon a Rafiaelle. Nor was it only this legitimate game for satire that Foote ran down in his Auction, but... | |
 | John Selby Watson - 1861 - 478 oldal
...verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.^ In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in...inimitably fine that he had as much to say upon a ribbon as a Raphael.^ " Sometimes, in his anxiety to vary his phrase, he becomes obscure ; and, instead of calling... | |
 | 1865 - 590 oldal
...verbosity finer than the staple of his argument." In endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in...inimitably fine that he had as much to say upon a ribbon as a Raphael. A less pardonable fault is that rage for indecency which pervades the whole work, but especially... | |
 | 1882 - 800 oldal
...endeavouring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in a dress that would be rich enough for the noblest ideas. In short, we are too often reminded ofthat great man, Mr. Puff, the auctioneer, whose manner was so inimitably fine that ' he had as much... | |
 | 1883 - 836 oldal
...verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.' In endeavoring to avoid vulgar terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in...was so inimitably fine that he had as much to say on a ribbon as on a Raphael." It seems as if Gibbon had taken the stilted tone of the old French tragedy... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 oldal
...verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. In endeavoring to avoid vulgar .terms he too frequently dignifies trifles, and clothes common thoughts in...was so inimitably fine that he had as much to say on a ribbon as on a ' Raphael.' " Gibbon's style, notwithstanding, possesses many very excellent qualities.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 720 oldal
...he too frequently dignifies trifles, and elothes common thoughts in n splendid dress that would he rich enough for the noblest ideas. In short, we are...of that great man, Mr. Prig, the auctioneer, whose maaner was 5.0 inimitably fine, that he had as much to say upon a ribbon as a Raphael. "A less pardonable... | |
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