 Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The...  The Dublin Review - Page 368edited by - 1852Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 666 pages
...the spot from their own number, in speaking of the event, says, " I remained long enough in the city to edit the first number of the Review. The motto I proposed for it was, ' Tenui musam meditamur avena.' We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal. But this was... | |
 | Henry James Nicoll - 1886 - 478 pages
...to meet in the eighth or ninth storey, or flat, in Buccleuch Place, the then elevated residence of Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review....enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Rei'irui. The motto I proposed for the Review was ' Tenui Musam meditamur aveni' — ' We cultivate... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 288 pages
...(and it has been told also by Jeffrey and Brougham) : " I proposed that we should set up a Review, and this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed...enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review." The question arose as to a motto for the new publication. Smith suggested (and what... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1890 - 1142 pages
...meet in the eighth or ninth storey, or flat" [playful exaggeration of the third] " in Buccleuch Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I...enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review? The first direct suggestion of a Review may have come from Sydney Smith, but the... | |
 | James Glass Bertram - 1893 - 272 pages
...existed, but in the third storey, of what is now No. 18 of the street," says Lord Cockburn. "The proposal was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed Editor...enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review." This account is explicit enough, and Mr. Smith may have been Editor of the first... | |
 | Wilmot Harrison - 1893 - 144 pages
...ninth story or flat in Buccleuch Place. I proposed that we should set up a review ; this was received with acclamation. I was appointed editor, and remained...long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number. The motto I proposed was "Tenui musam meditamur avena" — "We cultivate literature on a little oatmeal."... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1897 - 176 pages
...the ' Be view.' One day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Buccleugh Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Beview; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh... | |
 | A H. Moncur-Sime - 1898 - 88 pages
...happened to meet in the eighth or ninth storey or flat in Buccleuch.place, the then elevated residence of Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a review. This was acceded to with acclamation. The motto I proposed for the review was — "We cultivate literature on a little oatmeal." But this... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - 1900 - 644 pages
...the ' Review.' OHO day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Bucclengh Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I...enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the ' Edinburgh Review.' The motto I proposed for the ' Review ' was Tcnui musam medHamwr avena (' We cultivate... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1900 - 834 pages
...the ' Review.' One day we happened to meet in the eighth or ninth story or flat in Buccleugh Place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set op a Beview ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed editor, and remained long enough... | |
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