 | Horace Smith - 1846 - 270 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | John Clark Kennedy - 1846 - 310 pagina’s
...children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson bad pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was...still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1846 - 420 pagina’s
...compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read ber writings, and Johnson had pronounced ber superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | Charles Frederick Henningsen - 1846 - 400 pagina’s
...children when compared with her ; for Burke bad sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson bad pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Soulbey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1847 - 334 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1847 - 228 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs, seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | Frances Milton Trollope - 1847 - 360 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Souihey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written m her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's... | |
 | Frances Trollope - 1847 - 384 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Soulhey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's... | |
 | Catherine Crowe - 1847 - 384 pagina’s
...children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read ber writings, and Jobnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers...still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and... | |
 | Frederick William Robert Stewart Londonderry (4th marquess) - 1847 - 346 pagina’s
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Kogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest... | |
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All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy,... 
