 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1871 - 820 pages
...parts of the article worth publishing. " What a terrible thing," he complained, " it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world." President Lincoln is dead, and, as Hawthorne onco wrote to me, " Upon my honour, it seems to me the... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - Literary Criticism - 1872 - 370 pages
...parts of the article worth publishing. " What a terrible thing," he complained, " it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world!" President Lincoln is dead, and as Hawthorne once wrote to me, " Upon my honor, it seems to me the passage... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - Authors, English - 1885 - 458 pages
...parts of the article worth publishing. " What a terrible thing," he complained, " it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world ! " President Lincoln is dead, and as Hawthorne once wrote to me, " Upon my honor, it seems to me the... | |
 | 1901 - 172 pages
...a letter to James T. Fields, made this pathetic plaint: "What a terrible thing it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world !" The exclamation is all the more pat to my theme because it was made apropos of Abraham Lincoln.... | |
 | American essays - 1871 - 818 pages
...parts of the article worth publishing. "What a terrible thing," he complained, " it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world." President Lincoln is dead, and as Hawthorne once wrote to me, " Upon my honor, it seems to me the passage... | |
 | American essays - 1871 - 856 pages
...parts of the article worth publishing. "What a terrible thing," he complained, "it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world." President Lincoln is dead, and as Hawthorne once wrote to me, " Upon my honor, it seems to me the passage... | |
 | Edwin Harrison Cady, Louis J. Budd - Fiction - 1990 - 304 pages
...reply he made to Fields with the proof sheets of his article: What a terrible thing it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug...not so much have wondered. I want you to send me a proof-sheet of the article in its present state, before making any alterations; for, if ever I collect... | |
 | Stanton Garner - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 568 pages
...himself for offenses ranging from impropriety to disloyalty. "What a terrible thing it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world!" he mourned. Nevertheless, he received precisely the reaction for which he had hoped. George William... | |
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... but he always thought I was wrong in my decision. He said the whole description of the interview and the President's personal appearance were, to his mind, the only parts of the article worth publishing. " What a terrible thing," he complained, "... 