A New Edition, with a Portrait. " His nephew has compiled his biography with singular judgment. He has followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries : the subject speaks for himself,... A Complete Manual of English Literature - Page 480by Thomas Budd Shaw - 1867 - 540 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1849 - 782 pages
...more value than any dogma ; but as a moral essayist, some of the more finished writings of Chaiming will have a permanent hold upon reflective and tasteful...as revelations of the process of culture, the means aud purposes of one whose words have winged their way, bearing emphatic messages, over both hemispheres,... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English literature - 1849 - 290 pages
...the genuine interest of Dr. Channing's writings is ethical. As the champion of a sect, his labours have but a temporary value ; as the exponent of a...connected whole. Uneventful as these memoirs are, they arc interesting as revelations of the process of culture, the means and purposes of one whose words... | |
| Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...Lockhart in the life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven from letters and diarje8) — the subject speaks for himself, and only such intermediate...as revelations of the process of culture, the means aud purposes of one whose words have winged their way, bearing emphatic messages, over both hemispheres,... | |
| Richard Hildreth - Slavery - 1852 - 272 pages
...followed the method of Locklmrt in his Life o'f Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries ; the subject speaks for himself,...are given as are necessary to form a connected whole They are interesting as revelations of the progress of culture, the means and purposes of one whose... | |
| George Butler Earp - Australia - 1853 - 226 pages
...followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. Aa far as possible, tbe narrative ' is woven with letters and diaries ; the subject speaks for himself,...given as are necessary to form a connected whole." In 1 vol. cloth. Price 5s. PICTORIAL LIFE OF OUR SAVIOUR. By DR. KITTO. I In one Handsome Volume, with... | |
| George Butler Earp - Australia - 1853 - 296 pages
...followed the method of Locknart in his Life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries; the subject speaks for himself,...of the editor are given as are necessary to form a conneeted whole." In 1 vo!, cloth. Price 5s. PICTORIAL LIFE OF OUR SAVIOUR. By DR. KITTO. .17 In one... | |
| Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1854 - 526 pages
...followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries ; the subject speaks for himself,...only such intermediate observations of the editor arc given as are necessary to form a connected whole They are interesting as revelations of the progress... | |
| Herman Melville - Exiles - 1855 - 192 pages
...followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries : the subject speaks for himself,...only such intermediate observations of the editor an given at are necessary to form a conjicctcd whole." FICTION. SIE EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S NOVELS AND... | |
| Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1855 - 344 pages
...narrative is woven with letters and diaries : the subject speaks for himself, and only such interraedwte observations of the editor are given as are necessary to form a connected whole." FICTION. SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S NOVELS AND ROMANCES. Uniformly printed in crown octavo, corrected... | |
| Frederick Marryat - Publishers' catalogs - 1856 - 470 pages
...followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. As iar as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries: the subject speaks for himself,...given as are necessary to form a connected whole." STANDARD BIOGRAPHY-CHEAP EDITIONS. In vols. fcap. 8vo, price Is. 6d. each, cloth extra. 2. Life of... | |
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