| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 876 Seiten
...RECOGNITION 280 MR. MORGAN AT ins EASE 309 A GOOD SHOT 317 A DISCOVERT . ' 387 AN ESCAPE 389 PREFACE. IF this kind of composition, of which the two years'...at least has the advantage of a certain truth and honest}', which a work more elaborate might lose. In his constant communication with the reader, the... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 858 Seiten
...subscrilw myself Yours most sincerely and gratefully, WM THACKERAY. PREFACE IF this kind of competition, of which the two years' product is now laid before...forced into frankness of expression, and to speak out lu's own mind and feelings as they unre him. Many a slip of the pen and the printer, many a word spoken... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 850 Seiten
...of me and mine, and subscribe myself Yours most sincerely and gratefully, WM THACKERAY. PREFACE IF this kind of composition, of which the two years'...the public, fail in art, as it constantly does and ^ „,; x/f must, it at least has the advantage of a certain truth and honesty, which a work more elaborate... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 854 Seiten
...of me and mine, and subscribe myself Yours most sincerely and gratefully, WM THACKERAY. PREFACE IF this kind of composition, of which the two years' product is now laid before the publie, fail in art, as it constantly does and must, it at least hau the advantage of a certain truth... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 846 Seiten
...of me and mine, and subscribe myself Yours most sincerely and gratefully, WM THACKERAY. P REFACE IF this kind of composition, of which the two years' product is now laid tjefore the public, tail in art, as it constantly does and inuht . it at least has the advantage of... | |
| American Society for Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 Seiten
...and the puppets." — WM Thackeray, Vanity fair. "If this kind of composition . . . fail in art . . . it at least has the advantage of a certain truth and honesty ... I ask you to believe that this person writing strives to tell the truth. If there is not that,... | |
| Walter F. Greiner, Fritz Kemmler - 1997 - 282 Seiten
...Romancier George Gissing reagierte 1 884 polemisch auf Thackerays "Preface"; vgl. hier Text 59. If this kind of composition, of which the two years'...constant communication with the reader, the writer is 5 forced into frankness of expression, and to speak out his own mind and feelings as they urge him.... | |
| American Society for the Extension of University Teaching - 1903 - 304 Seiten
...and the puppets."— WM Thackeray, Vanity Fair. "If this kind of composition . . . fail in art . . . it at least has the advantage of a certain truth and honesty ... I ask you to believe that this person writing strives to tell the truth. If there is not that,... | |
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