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" Wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary common-place things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me. "
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Page 462
edited by - 1848
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of ..., Volume 4

Biography - 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...
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Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England: From the Commencement ..., Volume 1

Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood - Authors, English - 1843 - 368 pages
...from its strong resemblance and correct drawing." In speaking of her "Pride and Prejudice," he says: " That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements...now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders commonplace things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment,...
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Results of Reading

James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 76

Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...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 the involvements...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...
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the ..., Volume 4, Issue 1

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 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...
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The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the ..., Volume 4, Issue 1

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 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...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 19

Commerce - 1848 - 706 pages
...testimonial of Sir Walter Scott, said to be recorded in his private diary, after reading " Pride nnd Prejudice " for the third time : — " That young...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...
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Duties of Young Women

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Women - 1850 - 232 pages
...Lady had a talent for describingthe involvements and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, wliich is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The big...renders ordinary, common-place things and characters inU'resting, Irom the truth of the description and sentiment, is denied me. What a pity such a gifted...
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Duties of Young Women

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Women - 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...
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Nouvelle biographie universelle [afterw.] générale, publ. sous la ..., Volume 3

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...
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