| 1831
...to reclaim." Much as Shelley was maligned by strangers, none of those who knew him personally have ever spoken of him except in terms of unbounded admiration...imagination, but a total •want of worldly wisdom." MEDWIN'S LIFE OF SHELLEY.* IT will be seen that by a curious, but a perfectly accidental, coincidence,... | |
| 1832 - 598 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall ngain, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 pages
...of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed himself a beau idéal of all that is fine, highminded, and noble, and he...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| 1833 - 460 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all olher men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. He had formed...brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again I am certain. I never can forget the night that... | |
| 1833 - 462 pages
...of delicacy, disinterested be» youd all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a beau ideal of all that is flne, high-minded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter. . He had a most... | |
| 1834 - 604 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed...a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly-wisdom. I have seen nothing like him, and never shall again, I am certain. I never can forget... | |
| 1834 - 754 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. He had formed...noble, and he acted up to this ideal, even to the letter. He had a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly wisdom. I have seen nothing... | |
| 1834 - 724 pages
...other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. He bad formed to himself a beau ideal of all that is fine,...noble, and he acted up to this ideal, even to the letter. He had a most brilliant imagination, but a total want of worldly wisdom. I have seen nothing... | |
| 1840 - 588 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius joined to a simplicity as rare as it is admirable. .He had formed...highminded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal to the very letter." All accounts confirm it. No one ever knew him without loving him. Many love him... | |
| Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1850 - 432 pages
...full of delicacy, disinterested beyond all other men, and possessing a degree of genius, joined to a simplicity, as rare as it is admirable. He had formed to himself a beau idial of all that is fine, high-minded, and noble, and he acted up to this ideal even to the very letter.... | |
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