 They precisely suit my taste, — solid and substantial, written on the strength of beef and through the inspiration of ale, and just as real as if some giant had hewn a great lump out of the earth and put it under a glass case, with all its inhabitants...  The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne - Sivu 534tekijä(t) Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1883Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1921 - 864 sivua
...with satisfaction the judgment of Nathaniel Hawthorne, who said of Trollope's works that they were 'solid and substantial, written on the strength of...their daily business and not suspecting that they were being made a show of. ... It needs an English residence to make them thoroughly comprehensible; but... | |
 | 1924 - 680 sivua
...criticism than when Nathaniel Hawthorne, recalling one of Grimm's fairy-tales, said that his books were 'just as real as if some giant had hewn a great lump...daily business, and not suspecting that they were being made a show of,' something like the ants' nests that used to be a popular exhibit in Mr. Gamage's... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1904 - 872 sivua
...the very antithesis of Trollope. ' Have you ever read the novels of Anthony Trollope ? ' he writes. ' They precisely suit my taste — solid and substantial,...their daily business and not suspecting that they were being made a show of. And these books are just as English as a beef-steak.' It was in his ' Autobiography,'... | |
 | David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1904 - 600 sivua
...they precisely suited his taste, " solid and substantial, just as real as if some giant had hewn a lump out of the earth and put it under a glass case...and not suspecting that they were made a show of." Of his own MOSSES PROM AN OLD MANSE he says, " Upon my honour I am not quite sure that I entirely comprehend... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1872 - 370 sivua
...wrote to me in a letter from England, some time before Trollope began to be much known in America. " They precisely suit my taste ; solid and substantial,...and not suspecting that they were made a show of. And these books are as English as a beefsteak. Have they ever been tried in America ? It needs an English... | |
 | 1879 - 686 sivua
...read the novels of Anthony Trollope ? They precisely suit my taste ; solid and substantial, written on strength of beef and through the inspiration of ale,...and not suspecting that they were made a show of." This is wBat he could read himself, but could not possibly have produced, — any more than I could... | |
 | 1879 - 794 sivua
...read the novels of Anthony Trollope? They precisely suit my taste ; solid and substantial, written on strength of beef and through the inspiration of ale,...and not suspecting that they were made a show of." Mr. Trollope seems inclined to accept this as a kind of praise given by one artist to another of a... | |
 | 1879 - 802 sivua
...read the novels of Anthony Trollope ? They precisely suit my taste ; solid and substantial, written on strength of beef and through the inspiration of ale,...and not suspecting that they were made a show of." Mr. Trollope seems inclined to accept this as a kind of praise given by one artist to another of a... | |
 | 1879 - 470 sivua
...Anthony Trollope ?" Hawthorne wrote. "They precisely suit my taste ; solid and substantial, written on strength of beef and through the inspiration of ale,...and not suspecting that they were made a show of." It would be difficult to describe Mr. Trollope's " wholesome " works in more precise and felicitous... | |
 | Harper and brothers - 1880 - 374 sivua
...of ale, and just as real as if some giant had hewn a great lump out of the earth and put it under д glass case, with all its inhabitants going about their...and not suspecting that they were made a show of. And these books are as English as a beefsteak." — Extract /rom a letter of NATUANIEI. HAWTHO&NE to... | |
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