 Well! Well?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity of my own thoughts, I went on to say that of all the strange books produced on this distracted airth, by...  Letters of Charles Eliot Norton - Page 325by Charles Eliot Norton - 1913Full view - About this book
 | 1914 - 1248 pages
...quickly, ' Well ! Well ?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity ; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...seem to be pleased with my speech, and he bade me good-morning." Strangely unappreciative on Browning's part ! This naive remark of Carlyle's recalls... | |
 | Gustav Pollak - American essays - 1915 - 494 pages
...quickly, 'Well ! Well? ' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most completely nothin'... | |
 | Gustav Pollak - American essays - 1915 - 494 pages
...quickly, 'Well! Well?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most completely nothin'... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1921 - 316 pages
...quickly, 'Well! Well?1 and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most cornought to... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - American literature - 1921 - 314 pages
...quickly, 'Well! Well?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most cornought to... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - American literature - 1921 - 316 pages
...quickly, 'Well! Well?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most cornought to... | |
 | Paul Elmer More - 1921 - 518 pages
...quickly, 'Well! Well?' and I replied that I thought it a book of prodigious talent and unparalleled ingenuity; but then, I suppose trusting to the sincerity...pleased with my speech, and he bade me good morning." At another time it is Carlyle's swift judgment of Sumner, whom he defines as "the most cornought to... | |
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