The Man of GeniusW. Scott, 1896 - 370 עמודים |
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עמוד 228 - Elle seule les sait rafraîchir en pleurant. Est-elle brune, blonde ou rousse ? Je l'ignore. Son nom? Je me souviens qu'il est doux et sonore Comme ceux des aimés que la Vie exila. Son regard est pareil au regard des statues, Et, pour sa voix, lointaine, et calme, et grave, elle a L'inflexion des voix chères qui se sont tues.
עמוד 366 - Life of Bunyan. By Canon Venables. " A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir." — Scotsman. Life of Burns. By Professor Blackie. "The editor certainly made a hit when he persuaded Blackie to write about Burns."— Pall Mall Gazette.
עמוד 368 - Life of Schiller. By Henry W. Nevinson. " This is a well-written little volume, which presents the leading facts of the poet's life in a neatly rounded picture." — Scotsman. " Mr. Nevinson has added much to the charm of his book by his spirited translations, which give excellently both the ring and sense of the original.
עמוד 367 - Aberdeen Free Press. Life of Arthur Schopenhauer. By William Wallace. " The series of ' Great Writers' has hardly had a contribution of more marked and peculiar excellence than the book which the Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford has written for...
עמוד 366 - Life of Goldsmith. By Austin Dobson. " The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold, as none could tell it better.