 That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which...  The national encyclopædia. Libr. ed - Pàgina 73per National cyclopaedia - 1884Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1878 - 444 pàgines
...held a high opinion ; for he says : " That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with." Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was the eldest of three remarkable sisters, daughters... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1878 - 604 pàgines
...this special tribute to Miss Austen : " That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with. The big bow-wow I can do myself like any one going ; but the exquisite touch which... | |
 | 1889 - 234 pàgines
...received higher testimonies from critics whose opinion is worth having. Of Jane Austen Scott wrote : " That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements...which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. Her exquisite touch, which renders commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1879 - 202 pàgines
...woman of whom England is justly proud." — Macaulay's Essays. IV. MANSFIELD PARK. " Miss Austen has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings...which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. Her exquisite touch, which renders commonplace things and character interesting from the truth of the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 394 pàgines
...which he passed on Jane Austen (1775-1827) has been endorsed by posterity. "That young lady," he says, "had a talent for describing the involvements and...which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." He adds with amusing frankness : — " The big bow-wow strain I can 1 FT Palgrave. do myself, like... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 pàgines
...time at least, ' Pride and Prejudice.' That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pàgines
...been written by her nephew, the Rev. J. Austen-Leigh. Sir ^»Iter Scott wrote of Miss Austen :—" That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary Hfe, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met *ith. The big tov>-v>ov> strain I can do myself,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 pàgines
...diary : 'That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feeling", and diameters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-iroip strain 1 can do myself, lil-.enny now •going ; but the exquisite touch which renders... | |
 | 1893 - 68 pàgines
...Pride and Prejudice.' That young lady," he continues, "has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." And Lord Macaulay expressed the feeling of the world, when he wrote in his journal: " I have now read... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1890 - 220 pàgines
...graceful self-disparagement of power : " That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements of feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-wow strain I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary... | |
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