 | English literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...over two generations, to the time when her first literary triumphs were won. All those whom we had been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs,...seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sate up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, whe.u... | |
 | 1843 - 632 pages
...children when compared with her; for Buike had sate up all night to read her writings, and Johnson bad pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Yet more strange did it seem th;it we should just have lost one whose... | |
 | Fanny Burney - Great Britain - 1842 - 766 pages
...went hence, that seal which is seldom set, except on the fame of the departed. All those whom we huvc been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs, seemed children when compared with her ; for Burko had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding,... | |
 | John Mills - 1843 - 294 pages
...Madame D'Arblay lived to be a classic. Time set on her fame before she went hence that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of the departed. All...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 604 pages
...over two generations, to the time when her first literary triumphs were won. All those whom we had been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs,...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Yet more strange did it seem that we should just have lost one whose name... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - Biography - 1843 - 420 pages
...went hence that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of the departed. All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs...Fielding, when Rogers was still a school-boy, and Scmthey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's... | |
 | George William Johnson - India - 1843 - 324 pages
...went hence that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of the departed. All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Her Diary is written in her earliest and best manner; in true woman's... | |
 | Annie Forbes Bush - France - 1843 - 424 pages
...went hence, that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of tlie departed. All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs...Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Hogers was still a schoolboy, and Souihey still in petticoats. Her Diaiy is written in her earliest... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs, seemed children when compared with her ; for Burke had sate up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had...to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. Yet more strange did it seem that we should just have lost one whose name... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...over two generations, to the time when her first literary triumphs were won. All those whom we had been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs,...compared with her; for Burke had sat up all night to rend her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy,... | |
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D'Arblay lired to be a classic. Time set on her fame, before she went hence, that seal which is seldom set except on the fame of the departed. All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs seemed children when compared with... 
