Various persons,, name and surname, have ' received pain : ' nay the very Hero of the Biography is rendered unheroic ; unornamental facts of him, and of those he had to do with, being set forth in plain English : hence ' personality,' ' indiscretion,'... The Cambridge Review - Page 1151888Full view - About this book
| Thomas Carlyle - 1860 - 534 pages
...name and surname, have ' received paiu :' nay the very Hero of the Biography is rendered uuheroic; unornamental facts of him, and of those he had to...indiscretion,' or worse, ' sanctities of private life,' &c. &e. How delicate, decent is English Biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles' sword of Respectability... | |
| 1881 - 686 pages
...and circumstances, not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for. Various persons, name and surname,...: hence " personality," " indiscretion," or worse, "sanctitiesof private life," <fec., Arc. How delicate, decent is English biography, bless its mealy... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 502 pages
...and circumstances not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons, name and surname,...indiscretion," or worse, " sanctities of private life," &c. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles' sword of Respectability... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 506 pages
...and circumstances not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons, name and surname,...indiscretion," or worse, " sanctities of private life," &c. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles' sword of Respectability... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 598 pages
...and circumstances not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons, name and surname,...indiscretion,' or worse ' sanctities of private life,' etc. How delicate, decent, is English biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damoeles' sword of Respectability... | |
| James Anthony Froude - 1882 - 812 pages
...and circumstances not always of an ornamental sort It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons, name and surname, have " received pain." Nay, the very horo of the biography is rendered unheroic ; unornamental facts of him, and of those he had to do •with,... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1883 - 88 pages
...mentioned, and circumstances, not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons,, name and surname,...indiscretion,' or worse, ' sanctities of private life,' etc. etc. How delicate, decent is English Biography, bless its mealy mouth ! A Damocles' sword of Respectability... | |
| 1883 - 866 pages
...an ornamental sort. It would appear that there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Varions persons, name and surname, have "received pain." Nay,...do with, being set forth in plain English ; hence "per-, sonality," "indiscretion," or worse, "sanctities of private life," etc. — How delicate, decent,... | |
| 1883 - 876 pages
..."The very hero," wrote Carlyle, "of the biography is rendered unheroic, unornamental facts of him and those he had to do with being set forth in plain English. . . . Know that by this plan only, executed as was possible, could the biographer hope to make a biography;... | |
| 1885 - 612 pages
...mentioned, and circumstances, not always of an ornamental sort. It would appear there is far less reticence than was looked for ! Various persons, name and surname,...indiscretion,' or, worse, ' sanctities of private life,' etc., etc. How delicate, decent, is English biography, — bless its mealy mouth. A Damocles' sword... | |
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