 The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling; it wants shade; it wants to be stretched out here and there with a long Chapter of sense, if it could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense, about something unconnected with the Story; an...  Toilers and Spinsters: And Other Essays - Σελίδα 67των Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1874 - 297 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1870 - 596 σελίδες
...cannot speak as they ought. Upon the whole, however, I am quite vain enough and well satisfied enough. The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling...writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparte, or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to... | |
 | 1870 - 606 σελίδες
...cannot speak as they ought. Upon the whole, however, I am quite vain enough and well satisfied enough. The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling...writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonapart6, or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to... | |
 | 1870 - 604 σελίδες
...is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling ; it wants shade ; it wants to bo stretched out hero and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could...writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparte, or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to... | |
 | James Edward Austen-Leigh - 1871 - 396 σελίδες
...cannot speak as they ought. Upon the whole, however, I am quite vain enough and well satisfied enough. The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling...writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparte, or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1871 - 790 σελίδες
...work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling. It wants shade. It wants to be stretched out hero and there with a long chapter of sense, if it could...if not, of solemn specious nonsense about something nnconnected with the story — an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott or the History of Bonaparte."... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1877 - 316 σελίδες
...vain enough and well-satisfied enough." This is her own criticism of "Pride and Prejudice":—"The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling....Specious nonsense about something unconnected with the story—an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott or the 'History of Bonaparte.'" And so Jane... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1882 - 396 σελίδες
...cannot speak as they ought Upon the whole, however, I am quite vain enough and well satisfied enough. The work is rather too light, and bright, and sparkling...writing, a critique on Walter Scott, or the history of Buonaparte", or something that would form a contrast, and bring the reader with increased delight to... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1883 - 298 σελίδες
...already written; but in the next five years, from thirty-five to forty, she set to work seriously, and wrote "Mansfield Park," "Emma," and "Persuasion."...specious nonsense about something unconnected with the story—an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott or the 'History of Bonaparte.'" And so Jane... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1883 - 246 σελίδες
...speak as they ought. Upon the whole, however,' she says, ' I am quite vain enough and well -satisfied enough.' This is her own criticism of ' Pride and...specious nonsense about something unconnected with the story—an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott or the ' History of Bonaparte.' And so Jane... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1883 - 252 σελίδες
...wants shade. It wants to be stretched out here and there with a long chapter of sense, if it^could be had; if not, of solemn specious nonsense about something unconnected with the story—an essay on writing, a critique on Walter Scott or the ' History of Bonaparte.' And so Jane... | |
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