National Review, Volume 3Robert Theobold, 1856 |
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Page 11
... speak is the re- finement of a delicate organisation , never that of a pure spirit . His friend Atkinson's vindication of him , as handed down by Leigh Hunt , sounds ludicrous as applied to a little man past forty , but undoubtedly ...
... speak is the re- finement of a delicate organisation , never that of a pure spirit . His friend Atkinson's vindication of him , as handed down by Leigh Hunt , sounds ludicrous as applied to a little man past forty , but undoubtedly ...
Page 15
... speaking of himself as the author of the Twopenny Postboy under the pseudonym of Mr. Brown , he seems desirous , to say the least of it , to gather all the credit of occasional conformity . " To the charge of being an Irishman , poor Mr ...
... speaking of himself as the author of the Twopenny Postboy under the pseudonym of Mr. Brown , he seems desirous , to say the least of it , to gather all the credit of occasional conformity . " To the charge of being an Irishman , poor Mr ...
Page 18
... speak coldly . " His genius and his heart stand in remarkable contrast . The one , with all its brilliancy , tact and effectiveness , is in truth superficial in its character , and strikes no deep root ; while the restlessness of his ...
... speak coldly . " His genius and his heart stand in remarkable contrast . The one , with all its brilliancy , tact and effectiveness , is in truth superficial in its character , and strikes no deep root ; while the restlessness of his ...
Page 27
... speaking with contempt of connoisseurs in painting , and ends in becoming a most determined one him- self . He is always very honest about his opinions , however , and never affects to admire either Raphael or Michael Angelo . He says ...
... speaking with contempt of connoisseurs in painting , and ends in becoming a most determined one him- self . He is always very honest about his opinions , however , and never affects to admire either Raphael or Michael Angelo . He says ...
Page 43
... speaking of his songs , " with somewhat more confidence than for their sense . " Hence it is hardly fair to read them , at least unless you remember the air . They lose , as he himself says , their animæ dimidium when dissociated from ...
... speaking of his songs , " with somewhat more confidence than for their sense . " Hence it is hardly fair to read them , at least unless you remember the air . They lose , as he himself says , their animæ dimidium when dissociated from ...
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