 | 1845 - 778 pages
...weighed every made of it, if not by us, by other*. Here it is : — " I would inscribe these volumes to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt...encouraged, and whose taste and judgment have ever guided their pages ; the most severe of critics, but — a perfect Wife!" Now, the first question which we... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1883 - 648 pages
...Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli of the novel, " Sybil," to his wife : " I would inscribe these volumes to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathize with the suffering; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste and judgment... | |
 | Authorship - 1889 - 334 pages
...novel " Sibyl " to her, in the most appreciative words. He says : " I would inscribe these volumes to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathize with the suffering ; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste and... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1890 - 290 pages
...at which he was able to decorate her with a peerage. To her he dedicated ' Sybil.' ' I," he says, ' would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit...the most severe of critics, but a " perfect wife." ' The experience of his own married life he describes in ' Coningsby ' as the solitary personal gift... | |
 | Frederick Carroll Brewster - 1890 - 408 pages
...said, 'There never were so many gentlemen, and so little gentleness.'"—Bishop Laiimer. DEDICATION. "I would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathize with the suffering; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste and judgment... | |
 | Edward John Hardy - Biography - 1897 - 376 pages
...at which he was able to decorate her with a peerage. To her he dedicated " Sybil." " I," he says, " would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit...the most severe of critics, but a ' perfect wife.' " A party of young men once ventured a foolish jest at Mrs. Disraeli's age and appearance, and rallied... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1900 - 1724 pages
...thia work to one whose noble apmi and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathise with the sullering ; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and...taste and judgment have ever guided, its pages : the mwt severe of critics, but — a perfect Wife I ADVERTISEMENT (1846). THE GENERAL READER whose attention... | |
 | Literature - 1902 - 916 pages
...sentiments was quite unrestrained. Take the most famous of his tributes to her— the dedication of "Sybil:" I would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathize with the suffering; to one whose sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste 1 Mr.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1903 - 626 pages
...Viscountess Beaconsfield of Beaconsfield. He spoke his opinion of her in the dedication to Sybil. " I would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit...the most severe of critics, but a ' perfect wife.' " 4'4 LADIES' SUPPLEMENT By KATHLEEN SEYMOUR /CHRISTMAS past, and another year \_s at hand. My earnest... | |
 | Wilfrid Meynell - Prime ministers - 1903 - 362 pages
...translated into French in 1870 ; and bears the well-known dedication : " I would inscribe these volumes to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt...encouraged, and whose taste and judgment have ever guided, their pages ; the most severe of critics, but — a perfect Wife ! " " One of my Oldest Friends " Sir... | |
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I would inscribe this work to one whose noble spirit and gentle nature ever prompt her to sympathise with the suffering ; to one whose .sweet voice has often encouraged, and whose taste and judgment have ever guided, its pages ; the most severe of critics,... 
