 | 1844 - 440 pages
...what constitutes their charm. " That young lady," says Sir Walter, in another passage of his Diary, " had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings...is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." The truth of her dialogue, the thorough preservation of character in every action, in every speech, it... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...society; to use a sporting phrase, there's no kick in his gallop." 2 That young lady (Miss Austen) had a talent for describing the involvements, and...which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. 3 See, in the Life of Wilberforce, how beautifully the Solicitor General and Romilly contrasted the... | |
 | 1863 - 640 pages
..." Read again, and for the third tirr.o at least, Miss Austen's finely written novel of ' Pride and Prejudice.' That young lady had a talent for describing...wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain lean do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary commonplace things... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1844 - 434 pages
...what constitutes their charm. " That young lady," says Sir Walter, in another passage of his Diary, " had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings...is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." The truth of her dialogue, the thorough preservation of character in every action, in every speech, it... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1844 - 432 pages
..." That young lady," says Sir Walter, in another passage of his Diary, " had a talent for describmg the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary...is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." The truth of her dialogue, the thorough preservation of character in every action, in every speech, it... | |
 | 1848 - 706 pages
...be recorded in his private diary, after reading " Pride nnd Prejudice " for the third time : — " That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements,...to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-irow strain I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary... | |
 | Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1850 - 230 pages
...his private Diary : " That young Lady had a talent for describing the involvements and fee linjis, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big bow-wow slraiu I can do myself, like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary, common-place... | |
 | Nouvelle biographie - 1852 - 600 pages
...aillenrs, l'illustre romancier écossais dit encore, en parlant de Jeanc Austen : « That joung Lady, liad a talent for describing the involvements and feelings...which is to me the most wonderful i ever met with. » L'auteur Slvanhoë s'y connaissait, et un tel éloge honore la mémoire de Jcane Austen. Outre l'ouvrage... | |
 | Alexandre Dumas - 1856 - 494 pages
...Miss Austen has a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of every-day life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." —Sir Walter Scott. MRS. BRUNTON'S WORKS. Price One Shilling, boards. Price I*. Gd. DISCIPLINE. |... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1856 - 384 pages
...Miss Austen has a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of every-day life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with." — -Sir Walter Scott. _ ZHCRS. BtRUTfTOWS WORKS. Price Is., boards. Price Is. 6d. DISCIFLINE. | SKLF-CONTROL.... | |
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That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. 
