I, been born in a stable, or been a runner at a sponging-house, we should have thought him a genius, and wished he had had the advantage of a liberal education, and of being admitted into good company ; but it is beyond my conception, that a man of family,... The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, Author of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir ... - Página 154por Samuel Richardson - 1804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 páginas
...being admitted into good company ; but it is beyond my conception, that a man of family, and who had some learning, and who really is a writer, should...and Virgil in his Amelia ? I answered, that he was justified in saying so, because he must mean Cotton's Virgil Travestied, where the women arc drabs,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 788 páginas
...being admitted into good company ; but it is beyond my conception, that a man of family, and who had some learning, and who really is a writer, should...the other day, what he could mean, by saying, in his Coveut Garden Journal, that he had followed Homer and Virgil in his Amelia ? I answered, that he was... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 páginas
...being admitted into good company ; but it is beyond rny conception, that a man of lamily, and who had some learning, and who really is a writer, should descend so excessively low in all his pieces Who cm care tor any of his people TA person of honour asked me, the other day, what he could mean, by saying,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 páginas
...good company." He goes on to say, that it is beyond his conception, that a man of family, having " some learning, and who really is a writer, should descend so excessively low in his pieces. Who can care for any of hjs people ? " But the most ludicrous outbreak of conceit, both... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1851 - 412 páginas
...good company." He goes on to say, that it is beyond his conception, that a man of family, having " some learning, and who really is a writer, should descend so excessively low in his pieces. Who can care for any of his people ? " But the most ludicrous outbreak of conceit, both... | |
| 1852 - 782 páginas
...admitted into good company ; but it is beyona my conception, mat a man ot lamily, and who had •ome learning, and who really is a writer, should descend so excessively low ill all his pieces. Who can care for any of his people ? A person of honour asked me, the other day,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1853 - 100 páginas
...being admitted into good company ; but it is beyond my conception, that a man of family, and who had some learning, and who really is a writer, should...and Virgil in his Amelia ? I answered, that he was justified in saying so ; because he must mean Cotton's Virgil Travestied, where .the women are drabs,... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 424 páginas
...and wit, follows this precious specimen of Christian commiseration. " A person of honor," he says, " asked me, the other day, what he could mean by saying...and Virgil in his Amelia. I answered, that he was justified in saying so, because he must mean Cotton's Virgil Travestied, where the women are drabs... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 páginas
...conception, that a man of lamily, and who had tome learning, and who really is a writer, ahonld dcacend ao excessively low in all his pieces. Who can care for any of his people IA person of honour asked me, the oilier day, what he could mean, by saying, in his Govern Garden Journal,... | |
| John Cordy Jeaffreson - 1858 - 436 páginas
...conception that a man of family, and who had j . some learning, and who really is a writer, should descend i SO excessively low in all his pieces. Who can care for any of his people?" " I could not help saying to his tister." When Fielding paid off old scores with his enemies, he did... | |
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