 Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble type of the cavalier softening into the man of the eighteenth century, and for his heroine one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Shakspeare...  Avillion, and other tales, by the author of 'Olive'.by Dinah Maria Craik - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Alexander MacRae - Agriculture - 1856 - 96 pages
...— Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown Svo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear, terse,... | |
 | Elizabeth Sara Sheppard - 1856 - 202 pages
...— Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown Svo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Eaffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear, terse,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - 1856 - 746 pages
...Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY, Esq. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown Svo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, ciear, terse,... | |
 | Sydney Dobell - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1856 - 230 pages
...lecturer."—Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Sbakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear,terse,and... | |
 | Josepha Heath Galston - 1856 - 328 pages
...lecturer."— Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear, terse,... | |
 | Sydney Dobell - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1856 - 232 pages
...ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray Iras selected for his hero a very noble type of the cavalier...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear, terse,... | |
 | Florence Templar, Mary Theresa Vidal - 1856 - 332 pages
...Edition, 3 vols., Crown Svo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noblo type of the cavalier softening into the man of the...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Eaffaelle painted and Shakspeare wrote. The style is manly, clear, terse,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - China - 1856 - 754 pages
...THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vok., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected sor his hero a very noble type of the cavalier softening into the man of the eighteenth century. *nd for his heroine one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, since Raffaelle... | |
 | Christian Karl Josias Freiherr von Bunsen - Church history - 1856 - 574 pages
...Edition* 3. vols.,. Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray has selected for hii h«o .11 very noble type of the cavalier softening into the man of the eighteenth century, and Jpr 'His heroine one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or £rom book, slno; liaffaclle... | |
 | William Ellis - Christianity - 1857 - 520 pages
...vigorous, reflecting every mood — pathetic, graphic, or sarcastic — of the writer. "—Spectator. ** Mr. Thackeray has selected for his hero a very noble...one of the sweetest women that ever breathed from canvas or from book, The Rose and the Ring; or the History of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo. By ME.... | |
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