 His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman for a rifle ; and he will dredge you up a choice word from the mud of Cotton Mather himself. A diction at once so rich and so homely as his I know not where to match...  American Literature - Página 179por Julian Willis Abernethy - 1902 - 510 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 páginas
...Browne, - — though he does use that abominable word reliable. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...Mather himself. A diction at once so rich and so homely us his I know not where to match in these days of writing by the page ; it is like homespun cloth-of-gold.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1874 - 448 páginas
...and Browne, — though he does use that abominable word reliable. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...writing by the page ; it is like homespun cloth-of-gold. The many cannot miss his meaning, and only the few can find it. It is the open secret of all true genius.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 454 páginas
...and Browne, — though he does use that abominable word reliable. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...writing by the page ; it is like homespun cloth-of-gold. The many cannot miss his meaning, and only the few can find it. It is the open secret of all true genius.... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1882 - 492 páginas
...and Browne, — though he does use that abominable word reliable. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...writing by the page; it is like homespun clothof-gold. The many cannot miss his meaning, and only the few can find it. It is the open secret of all true genius.... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 214 páginas
...he belongs to a better age than ours, and might rub shoulders with Fuller and Sir Thomas Browne — a diction at once so rich and so homely as his I know not where to match. It is like homespun cloth-of-gold. I know no one that can hold a promiscuous crowd in pleased attention... | |
 | Alexander Ireland - 1882 - 128 páginas
...he belongs to a better age than ours, and might rub shoulders with Fuller and Sir Thomas Browne—a diction at once so rich and so homely as his I know not where to match. It is like homespun cloth-of-gold. I know no one that can hold a promiscuous crowd in pleased attention... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 páginas
...better age than ours, and might rub shoulders with Fuller and Browne. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...writing by the page; it is like homespun cloth-of-gold. The many cannot miss his meaning, and only tho few can find it. It is the open secret of all true genius."... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1884 - 450 páginas
...and Browne, — though he does use that abominable word reliable. His eye for a fine, telling phrase that will carry true is like that of a backwoodsman...from the mud of Cotton Mather himself. A diction at ouce so rich and so homely as his I know not where to match in these days of writing by the page ;... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...trouble heedless readers, for his phraseology itself is as simple as Buuyan's or DeFoe's. Says Lowell, " A diction at once so rich and so homely as his, I...days of writing by the page ; it is like home-spun cloth of gold. The many can not miss its meaning, and only the few can find it. It is the open secret... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 páginas
...trouble heedless readers, for his phraseology itself is as simple as Banyan's or DeFoe's. Says Lowell, "A diction at once so rich and so homely as his, I...days of writing by the page ; it is like home-spun cloth of gold. The many can not miss its meaning, and only the few can find it. It is the open secret... | |
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