 Yet there was no want of low minds and bad hearts in the generation which witnessed her first appearance. There was the envious Kenrick and the savage Wolcot, the asp George Steevens, and the polecat John Williams. It did not, however, occur to them to...  The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete - Էջ 16Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 էջ
...Steevens and the polecat John Williams. It did not, however, occur to them to search the parishregister of Lynn, in order that they might be able to twit...admiration, tempered by the tenderness due to her sex and ace. Burke, Windham, Gibbon, Reynolds, Sheridan, were among her most ardent eulogists. Cumberland acknowledged... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 էջ
...spite she had provoked by not furnishing him with materials for a worthless edition of Boswell's Ljfe of Johnson, some sheets of which our readers have...admiration, tempered by the tenderness due to her sex and aje. Burke, Windham, Gibbon, Reynolds, Sheridan, were among her most ardent eulogists. Cumberland acknowledged... | |
 | 1843 - 1266 էջ
...whose spile she had provoked by not furnishing him with materials for a worthless edition ol'Boswell's Life of Johnson, some sheets of which our readers...parcels of better books. But we must return to our slory. The triumph was complete. The timid and obscure girl found herself on the highest pinnacle of... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1844 - 446 էջ
...whose spite she had provoked by not furnishing him with materials for a worthless edition of BoswelPs Life of Johnson, some sheets of which our readers...triumph was complete. The timid and obscure girl found hersejf on the highest pinnacle of fame. Great men, on whom she had gazed at a distance with humble... | |
 | 1844 - 784 էջ
...whose spite she had invoked by not furnishing him with materials for a worthless edition of Bos well 's Life of Johnson, some sheets of which our readers have doubtless seen round parcels of belter books." The incidental references to Johnson and Burke, the sketch of Mr. Crash, the grouping... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854 - 464 էջ
...Steevens and the polecat John Williams. It did not, however, occur to them to search the parish-register of Lynn, in order that they might be able to twit...with humble reverence, addressed her with admiration ; tempted by the tenderness due to her sex and age. Burke, Windham, Gibbon, Reynolds, Sheridan, were... | |
 | 1858 - 1010 էջ
...and bad hearts in the generation which witnessed her first appearance. There was the envious Kenrick, the savage Wolcot, the asp George Steevens, and the...have doubtless seen round parcels of better books." — (Edin. Rev., 1843.) In his retirement Mr. Croker (notwithstanding that one of his biographers speaks... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 1078 էջ
...annoyance. Yet there was no want of low minds •nd bad hearts in the generation which witnessed he* first appearance. There was the envious Kenrick and...herself on the highest pinnacle of fame. Great men, on waom she had gazed at a distance with humble reverence, addressed her with admiration, tempered by... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 644 էջ
...whose spite she had provoked by not furnishing him with materials for a worthless edition of BoswelTs Life of Johnson, some, sheets of which our readers...have doubtless seen round parcels of better books. self on the highest pinnacle of fame. Great men, on whom she hod gazed at a distance with humble reverence,... | |
 | Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1861 - 406 էջ
...There was no want of low minds and bad hearts in the generation which witnessed her (Miss Burney's) first appearance. There was the envious Kenrick and...have doubtless seen round parcels of better books." There is reason to believe that the entry Mr. Croker copied was that of the baptism of an elder sister... | |
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