It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda;' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions... English Prose: Selections - Σελίδα 73επεξεργασία από - 1896Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 460 σελίδες
...or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of...of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead... | |
| Jane Austen - 1833 - 464 σελίδες
...or Camilla, or Belinda;" or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of...of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now3 had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead... | |
| 1917 - 920 σελίδες
...novelist exercised the function of displaying the greatest powers of the mind, and that novels are works in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature,...its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humor, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. In other words. T found that new, hitherto... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1870 - 578 σελίδες
...indifference, or momentary shame. It is perhaps only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its vanities, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.... | |
| Henrietta Keddie - 1880 - 420 σελίδες
...' Camilla/ or ' Belinda/ or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of...of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language.* Now had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of ' The Spectator '... | |
| Fanny Burney - 1881 - 530 σελίδες
...mind are displayed, in which most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of it's varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world. " — LORD BYRON to MR. MURRAT. "Dec. 27, 1813. " Lord Holland is laid up with the gout, and would... | |
| Jane Austen - 1882 - 450 σελίδες
...or Camilla, or Belinda ; ' or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of...of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead... | |
| Jane Austen - 1882 - 632 σελίδες
...greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, tne happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest...of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language. Now, had the same young lady been engaged with a volume of the Spectator, instead... | |
| Jane Austen - 1884 - 414 σελίδες
...Camilla,' or ' Belinda,' " or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of...varieties, the liveliest effusions of •wit and humour, arc conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.' The mention of Miss Burney's novels in this... | |
| Elizabeth Rachel Chapman - 1886 - 346 σελίδες
..."Camilla, "or "Belinda."' Or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineations of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world... | |
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