 ... idiomatic, forcible, familiar, but never slovenly ; the searching strokes of sarcasm or irony ; the occasional flashes of generous scorn ; the touches of pathos, pity, and tenderness , the morality tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy...  Avillion, and other tales, by the author of 'Olive'.by Dinah Maria Craik - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Brahmanism - 1856 - 530 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...voice, manner, and look of the lecturer."— Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray... | |
 | John Ruskin - Painting - 1856 - 82 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...the absence of the voice, manner, and look of the lecturer."—Spectator. Second Edition. Crown Svo, price 10s. 6d. cloth. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Brahmanism - 1856 - 526 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...the absence of the voice, manner, and look of the lecturer."—Spectator. Author of " Vanity Fair," " The Newcomes," &c. Second Edition. Crown 8vo, price... | |
 | Sydney Dobell - Crimean War, 1853-1856 - 1856 - 230 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...the absence of the voice, manner, and look of the lecturer."—Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s.... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - 1856 - 746 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these lose much less than wo could have expected from the absence of the voice, manner, and. look of the lecturer." — Spectator.... | |
 | Mrs. Mercy Grogan - 1857 - 290 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...manner, and look of the lecturer." — Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8uo, reduced to 15$. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray... | |
 | Prower - 1857 - 336 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...voice, manner, and look of the lecturer."— Spectator. Esmond. By w. M. THACKERAY. Second Edition. 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth " Mr. Thackeray... | |
 | Charles Edward Stewart (novelist.) - 1857 - 316 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...manner, and look of the lecturer." — Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown Svo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray... | |
 | sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th bart.) - 1857 - 308 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection ; all these...manner, and look of the lecturer." — Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray... | |
 | George Meredith - 1857 - 278 pages
...tempered but never weakened by experience and sympathy ; the felicitous phrases, the striking anecdotes, the passages of wise, practical reflection; all these...manner, and look of the lecturer." — Spectator. ESMOND. By WM THACKERAY. Second Edition, 3 vols., Crown 8vo, reduced to 15s. cloth. " Mr. Thackeray... | |
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