 Well—take at hazard any three pages of the " Essays " or " History; "—and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative, as it were, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half-score of allusions to other historic facts, characters, literature,...  THE WORKS OF WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - Pagina 230door S.E.H. CHAMBERS - 1869Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 316 pagina’s
...them out? But for the nonce we are not talking about faults; we want to say nil nisi bonum. Well, take at hazard any three pages of the Essays or History;...were, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half score of allusions to other historic facts, characters, literature, poetry, with which you are... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 418 pagina’s
...them out? But for the nonce we are not talking about faults; we want to say nil nisi bonum. Well, take at hazard any three pages of the Essays or History;...were, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half score of allusions to other historic facts, characters, literature, poetry, with which you are... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 pagina’s
...course ; but we are not talking about faults. Take at hazard any three pages of his Essays or of his History ; and, glimmering below the stream of the...characters, literature, poetry, with which you are not acquainted. Why is this epithet used? Whence is that simile drawn ? How does he manage, in two... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pagina’s
...at hazard any three pages of his Essays or of his History; and, glimmering below the stream of tho narrative, as it were, you, an average reader, see...characters, literature, poetry, with which you are not acquainted. Why is this epithet used ? Whence is that simile drawn ? How does he manage, in two... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 pagina’s
...course; but we are not talking about faults. Take at hazard any three pages of his Essays or of his History; and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative,...characters, literature, poetry, with which you are not acquainted. Why is this epithet used ? Whence is that simile drawn ? How does he manage, in two... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pagina’s
...course ; but we are not talking about faults. Take at hazard any three pages of his Essays or of his History; and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative,...facts, characters, literature, poetry, with which yon are not acquainted. Why is this epithet used ? Whence is that simile drawn ? How doey he manage,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1873 - 614 pagina’s
...course ; but we are not talking about faults. Take at hazard any three pages of his Essays or of his History ; and, glimmering below the stream of the...characters, literature, poetry, with which you are not acquainted. Why is this epithet used ? Whence is that simile drawn ? How does he manage, in two... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pagina’s
...we are not talking about fanlts : we want to say nil nisi bonum. Well — take at hazard any thrce pages of the " Essays " or " History ; " — and,...the narrative, as it were, you, an average reader, sec one, two, thrce, a half-score of allusions to other historic facts, characters, literature, poetry,... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 500 pagina’s
...Thackeray, " any three pages of the Essays or History: and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half-score...literature, poetry, with which you .are acquainted. Your neighbour, who has his reading and his little stock of literature stowed away in his mind, shall... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1876 - 504 pagina’s
...written books will doubt that at any rate it was hardly earned. "Take at hazard," says Thackeray, " any three pages of the Essays or History : and, glimmering below the stream of the narrative, you, an average reader, see one, two, three, a half-score of allusions to other historic facts, characters,... | |
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