 Instead of passion there is sentiment ; and, even in what purport to be pictures of actual life, we have allegory, not always so warmly dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. Whether from...  Scribner's Magazine ... - Page 701908Full view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1982 - 1546 pages
...dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the Author's touches have often an effect of tameness; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor; the tenderest woman,... | |
 | John L. Idol, Buford Jones - 1994 - 568 pages
...who have admired his writings from the time that he first "appeared in print." For instance, he says, "Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect of tameness; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor; the tenderest woman,... | |
 | Frederic Tuten - 2005 - 164 pages
...dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood as to be taken Into the reader's mind without a shiver. Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the Author's touches have often an effect of tameness; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor; the tenderest woman,... | |
 | Nathaniel Hawthorne - 2006 - 442 pages
...dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve, the Author's touches have often an effect of tameness; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor; the tenderest woman,... | |
 | 1901 - 1122 pages
...flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade. . . . Instead of passion there 'is sentiment. . . . Whether from lack of power or an unconquerable reserve,...author's touches have often an effect of lameness ; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor ; the tenderest woman, one would... | |
 | 1868 - 616 pages
...dressed in its habiliments of flesh and blood, as to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. Whether from lack of power, or an unconquerable reserve,...author's touches have often an effect of lameness ; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humour; the tenderest woman, one would... | |
 | 1901 - 1048 pages
...of flowers that blossomed in tod retired a shade. . . . Instead of passion there is sentiment. . . . Whether from lack of power or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect of tameness ; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor ; (he tenderest woman,... | |
 | 1853 - 854 pages
...to be taken into the reader's mind without a shiver. " Whether from lack of power," he continues, " or an unconquerable reserve, the author's touches have often an effect of lameness ; the merriest man can hardly contrive to laugh at his broadest humor ; the tenderest woman, one would... | |
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