 | 1846 - 706 страници
...her fame, before she went hence, that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of the departed. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners."— Edinburgh Review. MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND. By HORACE WALPOLE,... | |
 | 1843 - 632 страници
...delight that this Diary was kept before Madame D'Arblay became eloquent. It is, for the most part, written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. The two works are lying side by side before us, and we never turn from the Memoirs to the Diary without... | |
 | Fanny Burney - 1842 - 766 страници
...and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southcy still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. The account which she gives of the king's illness, will, we think, be more valued by the... | |
 | John Mills - 1843 - 294 страници
...and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. .The account which she gives of the king's illness will, we think, be more valued by the... | |
 | George William Johnson - 1843 - 324 страници
...and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. The account which she gives of the king's illness will, we think, be more valued by the... | |
 | Annie Forbes Bush - 1843 - 424 страници
...superior to Fielding, when Hogers was still a schoolboy, and Souihey still in petticoats. Her Diaiy is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. The account which she gives of the king's illness will, we think, be more valued by the... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - 1843 - 420 страници
...and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a school-boy, and Scmthey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest...woman's English, clear, natural and lively. It ought to he consulted by every person who wishes to be well acquainted with t!ie history of our literature and... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 страници
...delight, that this Diary was kept before Madame D'Arblay became eloquent. It is, for the most part, written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. The two works are lying side by side before us, and we never turn from the Memoirs to the Diary without... | |
 | THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - 672 страници
...delight that this Diary was kept before Madame D'Arblay became eloquent. It is, for the most part, written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. The two works are lying side by side before us, and we never turn from the Memoirs to the Diary without... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1844 - 446 страници
...fetid with lavender water and jasmine soap, and the air of a heath on a fine morning in May. Both works ought to be consulted by every person who wishes to...acquainted with the history of our literature and our manners. But to read the Diary is a pleasure; to read the Memoirs will always be a task. We may,... | |
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Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner ; in true woman's English, clear, natural, and lively. It ought to be consulted by every person who wishes to be well acquainted with the history of our literature and our... 
